title: Preliminary results on quantification of Seismocardiogram morphological changes, using principal component analysis.
abstract: A methodology, based on principal component analysis, is proposed to quantify beat to beat Seismocardiogram changes. The proposed method was tested over a population of 94 subjects including 35 ischemic heart disease patients. The results showed that there was an insignificant overlap between the diseased and the healthy populations in the number of principal components (NPC) and that further development of this method might yield a classification index for myocardial abnormalities. In addition such an index has potential utility in patient monitoring.
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zakeri
authors.forename: Kouhyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tavakolian
authors.forename: Siamak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arzanpour
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Guy A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhbardeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012372:ROC Curve