First Feasibility Analysis of Ballistocardiography on a Passenger Flight

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Aug 21:264:1648-1649. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190578.

Abstract

The project SCARAB2 (Scalable, Robust and Adaptive on Board Ballistocardiography) aims to use Ballistocardiography (BCG) to monitor flight passengers. In order to show that recorded BCG data from flights give evaluable information even in the noisy environment of an airplane, we monitored a heart-healthy passenger using BCG. Furthermore, we show that there can be a conclusion to heart activities from the recorded ballistocardiogram by comparing the data to a concurrently recorded electrocardiogram (ECG).

Keywords: Accelerometry; Ballistocardiography; Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems.

MeSH terms

  • Aviation
  • Ballistocardiography*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate