TY - GEN
T1 - Novel methods for estimating the ballistocardiogram signal using a simultaneously acquired electrocardiogram
AU - Inan, Omer T.
AU - Etemadi, Mozziyar
AU - Wiard, Richard M.
AU - Kovacs, Gregory T A
AU - Giovangrandi, Laurent
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The ballistocardiogram (BCG) signal represents the movements of the body in response to cardiac ejection of blood. Recently, many groups have developed low-cost instrumentation for facilitating BCG measurement in the home. The standard method used in the literature for estimating the BCG pulse response has generally been ensemble averaging over several beats. Unfortunately, since the BCG pulse response is likely longer than a typical heartbeat interval, this standard approach does not yield a full-length estimate of the response. This paper describes a simple, novel algorithm for estimating the full-length BCG pulse response using the R-wave timing of a simultaneously acquired electrocardiogram (ECG). With this pulse response, the full signal can be reconstructed, enabling the analysis of slow transient effects in the BCG signal, and of the measurement noise. Additionally, while this paper focuses only on the BCG signal, the same algorithm could be applied to other biomedical signals such as the phonocardiogram or impedance cardiogram, particularly when the heartbeat interval is shorter than the duration of the pulse response.
AB - The ballistocardiogram (BCG) signal represents the movements of the body in response to cardiac ejection of blood. Recently, many groups have developed low-cost instrumentation for facilitating BCG measurement in the home. The standard method used in the literature for estimating the BCG pulse response has generally been ensemble averaging over several beats. Unfortunately, since the BCG pulse response is likely longer than a typical heartbeat interval, this standard approach does not yield a full-length estimate of the response. This paper describes a simple, novel algorithm for estimating the full-length BCG pulse response using the R-wave timing of a simultaneously acquired electrocardiogram (ECG). With this pulse response, the full signal can be reconstructed, enabling the analysis of slow transient effects in the BCG signal, and of the measurement noise. Additionally, while this paper focuses only on the BCG signal, the same algorithm could be applied to other biomedical signals such as the phonocardiogram or impedance cardiogram, particularly when the heartbeat interval is shorter than the duration of the pulse response.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333709
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333709
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19964385
AN - SCOPUS:77950984150
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 5334
EP - 5347
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -