VitalVideos-Europe-1

Complete technical specs: https://vitalvideos.org/index.html#comparison

VitalVideos-Europe-1 is the original VitalVideos dataset for research and development in remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) and contactless vital sign measurement from facial video.

It contains synchronized facial video recordings and high-quality physiological ground-truth signals (PPG HR SpO2 Blood pressure) collected from mostly European participants under controlled conditions.

Access: This dataset is not publicly downloadable due to privacy regulations (contains identifiable faces in videos).
Access is granted under academic or commercial license upon request.

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Dataset summary

• Participants: 850
• Geographic coverage: Europe
• Age range: Adult population, balanced in terms of gender with strong representation of older participants
• Use cases:
  • rPPG algorithm development
  • Heart-rate and SpO₂ estimation from facial video
  • Blood-pressure related research
  • Benchmarking against contact PPG

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Data modalities

Video

• RGB facial video
• 2x 30 s recordings
• 30 fps
• Resolution: 1920 × 1080
• Controlled indoor lighting

Physiological ground truth

• PPG waveform (≈60 Hz)
• Heart rate (HR)
• Oxygen saturation (SpO₂)
• Blood pressure (systolic & diastolic)

All signals are time-synchronized with the video.

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Dataset structure (high-level)

Data are organized per participant and recording session, including:

• Raw face video files (.mp4)
• Time-aligned physiological signals (.json)
• Metadata: age, gender, Fitzpatrick skin type

Detailed file structure and specifications are provided upon access approval.

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Intended use

Allowed

• Academic research and publication
• Industry R&D (commercial license)
• Algorithm development and evaluation

Not allowed

• Redistribution or public release of the dataset
• Publishing raw video frames or identifiable samples
• Use outside the scope of the signed license agreement

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Licensing

This dataset is distributed under custom academic and commercial licenses.

• Academic license: non-commercial research use by verified institutions
• Commercial license: internal R&D use by companies

General license terms:
https://vitalvideos.org/license.html

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How to request access

• Academic: Follow the instructions on the VitalVideos website and submit the academic request form from your institutional email.
• Commercial: Contact [email protected] with your use case and intended scope.

Website: https://vitalvideos.org

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Citation

If you use this dataset in academic work, please cite:

P.-J. Toye, VitalVideos-Europe-1: A dataset for remote photoplethysmography and vital sign estimation from facial video,
arXiv:2306.11891.

Link:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11891

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Contact

For access requests or questions:

[email protected]