| 11-10-2018 |
Optic ballistography for evaluation of the human ventricular ejection fraction
Ballistocardiography is an old, noninvasive technique used to record the movements of the body synchronous with the heartbeat due to left ventricular pump activity. Despite the fact that this technique to measure cardiac output has been superseded by more advanced and precise techniques, its characteristics could help for monitoring cardiovascular intensive care patients because of its noninvasiveness and practical approach to considering cardiac output issues. In the present project, a simple, low cost, easy-to-build ballistocardiography system based on optical recording, will be implemented for both hardware and software support. The focus of the project is to obtain measurements of the cardiac output otherwise seen only with echocardiography and or hemodynamic methods. The proposed system will be able to record body displacement induced by the ventricular ejection fraction.
Prerequisites:
None.
Evaluation method: Nota 1-7, with 0/1 available vacants |
Mentor(s): Open in the plataform |