Recent advances in seismocardiography

A Taebi, BE Solar, AJ Bomar, RH Sandler, HA Mansy - Vibration, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide. New diagnostic tools are
needed to provide early detection and intervention to reduce mortality and increase both the …

A comprehensive review on seismocardiogram: current advancements on acquisition, annotation, and applications

D Rai, HK Thakkar, SS Rajput, J Santamaria, C Bhatt… - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, cardiovascular diseases are on the rise, and they entail enormous health
burdens on global economies. Cardiac vibrations yield a wide and rich spectrum of essential …

Gyrocardiography: A new non-invasive monitoring method for the assessment of cardiac mechanics and the estimation of hemodynamic variables

M Jafari Tadi, E Lehtonen, A Saraste, J Tuominen… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Gyrocardiography (GCG) is a new non-invasive technique for assessing heart motions by
using a sensor of angular motion–gyroscope–attached to the skin of the chest. In this study …

A novel broadband forcecardiography sensor for simultaneous monitoring of respiration, infrasonic cardiac vibrations and heart sounds

E Andreozzi, GD Gargiulo, D Esposito… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The precordial mechanical vibrations generated by cardiac contractions have a rich
frequency spectrum. While the lowest frequencies can be palpated, the higher infrasonic …

ECG-free heartbeat detection in seismocardiography signals via template matching

J Centracchio, S Parlato, D Esposito, P Bifulco… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac monitoring can be performed by means of an accelerometer attached to a subject's
chest, which produces the Seismocardiography (SCG) signal. Detection of SCG heartbeats …

Efficient detection of aortic stenosis using morphological characteristics of cardiomechanical signals and heart rate variability parameters

A Shokouhmand, ND Aranoff, E Driggin, P Green… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Recent research has shown promising results for the detection of aortic stenosis (AS) using
cardio-mechanical signals. However, they are limited by two main factors: lacking physical …

Heartbeat detection in gyrocardiography signals without concurrent ECG tracings

S Parlato, J Centracchio, D Esposito, P Bifulco… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A heartbeat generates tiny mechanical vibrations, mainly due to the opening and closing of
heart valves. These vibrations can be recorded by accelerometers and gyroscopes applied …

ECG-Free Heartbeat Detection in Seismocardiography and Gyrocardiography Signals Provides Acceptable Heart Rate Variability Indices in Healthy and Pathological …

S Parlato, J Centracchio, D Esposito, P Bifulco… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardio-mechanical monitoring techniques, such as Seismocardiography (SCG) and
Gyrocardiography (GCG), have received an ever-growing interest in recent years as …

Real-time cardiac beat detection and heart rate monitoring from combined seismocardiography and gyrocardiography

Y D'Mello, J Skoric, S Xu, PJR Roche, M Lortie… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiography is an indispensable element of health care. However, the accessibility of at-
home cardiac monitoring is limited by device complexity, accuracy, and cost. We have …

Precordial vibrations: A review of wearable systems, signal processing techniques, and main applications

F Santucci, D Lo Presti, C Massaroni, E Schena… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, the ever-growing interest in the continuous monitoring of heart function in out-of-
laboratory settings for an early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases has led to the …