Embodiments may include systems and methods capable of processing an original signal by selecting and mirroring portions of the signal to create a new signal for further analysis. In an embodiment, the signal may be a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal and the new signal may be further analyzed using continuous wavelet transforms. Any suitable number of reconstructed new signals may be created from the original signal and scalograms may be derived at least in part from the new signals. Ridges may be extracted from the scalograms of the new signals and secondary scalograms may be further derived from the ridges. A sum along amplitudes technique may be applied to a selected scalogram and may be plotted as a function of the scale of the scalogram. Desired information, such as respiration information within the original signal, may be identified from the plot.
