title: Estimation of respiratory waveform and heart rate using an accelerometer.
abstract: In this paper the use of an accelerometer to measure cardio-respiratory activity is presented. Movement of the chest was recorded by an accelerometer attached to a belt around the chest. The acquisition is realized in different status: normal, apnea, deep breathing or after exhaustion and also in different postures: vertical (sitting, standing) or horizontal (lying down). The resulting signal was compared with reference measurements. The results of experimental evaluation indicate that using a chest-accelerometer can correctly detect the respiratory waveform and heart rate (HR) signal. This method is therefore suitable for automatic identification some disease, for example arrhythmia or sleep apnea.
authors.affiliation: International Research Center MICA, Ha Noi University of Technology-CNRS/UMI-2954-INP Grenoble, France. duy-hung.phan@mica.edu.vn
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guillemaud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Pham Thi
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers