Contactless continuous heart rate monitoring system using ballistocardiography

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e0272072
• Main Authors: Sumali, Brian, Mitsukura, Yasue, Nishimura, Toshihiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 29.07.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Ballistocardiograms; Ballistocardiography; Bioethics; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary vessels; Diagnosis; EKG; Electrocardiography; Evaluation; Heart beat; Heart rate; Load distribution; Measurement; Medicine and Health Sciences; Monitoring; Monitoring systems; Myocardial infarction; Nervous system; Patient monitoring equipment; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiration; Resuscitation; Sensors; Social Sciences; Survival; Synchronism; Synchronization; Telemedicine; Waveforms; Japan

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the world and is a serious problem. In the case of cardiopulmonary arrest due to myocardial infarction, the survival rate is as low as 13.3% one month after resuscitation, which birthed the need for continuous heart monitoring. In this study...