Intelligent Wellness Glossary.
Clear, evidence-backed definitions of the key concepts, optical biometrics, and physiological terms powering modern preventive wellness.
Avyora
Platform & EntityAn intelligent wellness platform and personal companion that empowers individuals and families with contextual, preventive guidance using optical camera vitals, circadian chronobiology, and habit check-ins with complete data privacy.
Intelligent Wellness
Core ConceptA proactive health paradigm combining multimodal biological signals (contactless camera vitals, wearables, chronobiology) with contextual AI to predict energy patterns and encourage healthy daily micro-habits.
Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG)
BiometricsAn optical camera-based technique that measures cardiovascular pulse waveforms by detecting minute, microscopic color variations in ambient light reflected from facial microvascular skin beds.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV / RMSSD)
Autonomic HealthThe variation in time intervals between consecutive heartbeats (Root Mean Square of Successive Differences). A key biomarker of parasympathetic nervous system tone, recovery, and stress resilience.
Circadian Rhythm
ChronobiologyThe endogenous ~24-hour biological oscillation governing sleep-wake cycles, cortisol awakening surges, core body temperature, and metabolic energy peaks.
Resonant Coherent Breathing (6 BPM)
BreathworkA conscious breathing rate of approximately 6 breaths per minute (~0.1 Hz) that synchronizes heart rate variability with respiratory sinus arrhythmia to stimulate vagal tone and induce calm.
K-Anonymity
Data PrivacyA mathematical privacy standard ensuring that individual health records in an aggregate dataset cannot be distinguished from at least k-1 other individuals within the same cohort.