Radar mechanocardiography: A novel analysis of the mechanical behavior of the heart

Author

Tavakolian, Kouhyar ; Zadeh, Faranak M. ; Chuo, Yindar ; Siu, Tiffany ; Vaseghi, Ali ; Kaminska, Bozena

Author_Institution

Computational and Integrative Bio-Engineering Research laboratory (CIBER), The School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

4863

Lastpage

4866

Abstract

In this paper a novel system for detection of the mechanical movement of heart, mechanocardiography (MCG), with no connection to the subject´s body is presented. This signal is based on radar technology. The acquired signal is highly correlated to the acceleration-based ballistocardiograph signal (BCG) recorded directly from the sternum. It is shown that the heart and breathing rates can be reliably detected using this system.

Keywords

Band pass filters; Data acquisition; Electrocardiography; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Heart; RF signals; Radar; Signal processing; Sternum; Ballistocardiography; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Heart Rate; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Radar; Reproducibility of Results; Respiratory Mechanics; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650303

Filename

4650303