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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Cardiovascular Monitoring
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Multimodal cardiac monitoring systems typically require numerous sensors, limiting their practicality for continuous, everyday use.
    • Existing systems face challenges in real-world applications due to complexity and the need for frequent calibration.
    • There is a need for simplified, wearable solutions for comprehensive cardiac assessment.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a generative modeling framework for estimating multiple cardiac waveforms from a single vibrational cardiography (VCG) sensor.
    • To assess the feasibility of using VCG and generative AI to replace complex multimodal sensor setups for cardiac monitoring.
    • To improve the practicality of continuous cardiac monitoring in daily life.

    Main Methods:

    • Recorded VCG signals alongside electrocardiography (ECG), impedance cardiography (ICG), non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP), and photoplethysmography (PPG) in 20 subjects.
    • Utilized a conditional Generative Adversarial Network (cGAN) to reconstruct normalized ECG, ICG, NIBP, and PPG signals from VCG inputs.
    • Employed a leave-one-subject-out cross-validation strategy to evaluate model generalization and calibration-free performance across diverse physiological states (e.g., breath holding, cold pressor test).

    Main Results:

    • Reconstructed cardiac waveforms showed strong alignment with target signals, with median Pearson's correlation coefficients ranging from 0.808 (ECG) to 0.929 (PPG).
    • The generative model accurately captured both morphological structure and temporal dynamics of the estimated waveforms.
    • Accuracy remained consistent across various physiological interventions, demonstrating robust performance.
    • Fiducial point analysis confirmed the model's ability to extract key cardiac features.

    Conclusions:

    • A single-sensor VCG approach combined with generative modeling offers a viable and streamlined alternative to conventional multimodal cardiac monitoring systems.
    • This method significantly enhances the potential for practical, continuous cardiac monitoring in everyday settings.
    • The developed framework demonstrates the power of AI in simplifying complex physiological signal acquisition.