Towards the standardization of ballistocardiography systems for J-peak timing measurement

There is a growing interest in accurately measuring the timing of the J peak of the ballistocardiogram (BCG) in order to obtain cardiovascular function markers non-invasively, especially in modern home healthcare applications. In this paper we have studied the effect that some common uncertainty sou...

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Autores: Gómez Clapers, Joan|||0000-0002-0882-5694, Serra Rocamora, Albert, Casanella Alonso, Ramón|||0000-0003-2995-7132, Pallàs-Areny, Ramon|||0000-0002-0430-5309
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/24378
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/24378
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2014.09.003
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ballistocardiography
Ballistocardiogram
Acquisition system
Biomedical instrumentation
Standardization
Cardiologia
Sang -- Circulació
Pressió sanguínia
Hemodinàmica
Cor -- Batecs -- Mesurament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut
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Resumo:There is a growing interest in accurately measuring the timing of the J peak of the ballistocardiogram (BCG) in order to obtain cardiovascular function markers non-invasively, especially in modern home healthcare applications. In this paper we have studied the effect that some common uncertainty sources have in the time measurement of the J peak. This is a necessary step towards the standardization of modern ballistocardiography systems equivalent to that available for ECG systems. We conclude that, to reduce J peak time uncertainty below the measured intrinsic uncertainty of about ±2 ms, the minimal bandwidth should be from 1.5 Hz to 22.5 Hz; the sampling frequency can be decreased up to 50 Hz when using cubic spline interpolation; 5 bits are required to quantify the signal, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) should be over 40 dB and 3 dB respectively.