Multimodal biomedical sensing applying ultra-wideband electromagnetic excitation: Ultra-wideband sounding of the human myocardium from different radiographic standard positions and simultaneous high resolution electrocardiograhy

To understand how myocardial mechanic is rendered by reflected and post-processed ultra-wideband radar signals, we have executed the simultaneous acquisition of radar signals with a high-resolution electrocardiogram. The ultra-wideband illumination was done from several radiographic standard positions to monitor selected superficial myocardial areas during the cyclic physiological myocardial deformation in three different respiratory states. From our findings we could conclude, that UWB radar can serve as a navigator technique for high and ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging and can be beneficial preserving the high resolution capability of this imaging modality.