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DR.BEAT: Initial Functional Testing of a BCG Wearable Prototype for Recording Ballistocardiographic Signals
Marie Cathrine Wolf1, Moritz Wübbeler1, Christoph Richter2
1Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (PLRI).
Abstract:
DR.BEAT ("Digital Research on Ballistocardiography for Extraterrestrial And Terrestrial use") develops a miniaturized sensor system with signal processing to interpret ballistocardiographic signals and implements an application oriented user interface. Presented is a breadboard prototype's functional tests with regard to data completeness and plausibility. The analysis confirmed a reliability of 99.99995% over the tests and the signals displayed the expected heart-specific characteristics. These results support the ethical justifiability of an initial study.

