An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor
This paper presents a wearable vital signs monitor at the ear. The monitor measures the electrocardiogram (ECG), ballistocardiogram (BCG), and photoplethysmogram (PPG) to obtain pre-ejection period (PEP), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and pulse transit time (PTT). The ear is demonstrated...
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| author | He, David Da Winokur, Eric S. Sodini, Charles G. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science He, David Da Winokur, Eric S. Sodini, Charles G. |
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| description | This paper presents a wearable vital signs monitor at the ear. The monitor measures the electrocardiogram (ECG), ballistocardiogram (BCG), and photoplethysmogram (PPG) to obtain pre-ejection period (PEP), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and pulse transit time (PTT). The ear is demonstrated as a natural anchoring point for the integrated sensing of physiological signals. All three signals measured can be used to obtain heart rate (HR). Combining the ECG and BCG allows for the estimation of the PEP, while combining the BCG and PPG allows for the measurement of PTT. Additionally, the J-wave amplitude of the BCG is correlated with the SV and, when combined with HR, yields CO. Results from a clinical human study on 13 subjects demonstrate this proof-of-concept device. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1022742022-10-03T09:50:23Z An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor He, David Da Winokur, Eric S. Sodini, Charles G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Sodini, Charles G. He, David Da Winokur, Eric S. Sodini, Charles G. This paper presents a wearable vital signs monitor at the ear. The monitor measures the electrocardiogram (ECG), ballistocardiogram (BCG), and photoplethysmogram (PPG) to obtain pre-ejection period (PEP), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and pulse transit time (PTT). The ear is demonstrated as a natural anchoring point for the integrated sensing of physiological signals. All three signals measured can be used to obtain heart rate (HR). Combining the ECG and BCG allows for the estimation of the PEP, while combining the BCG and PPG allows for the measurement of PTT. Additionally, the J-wave amplitude of the BCG is correlated with the SV and, when combined with HR, yields CO. Results from a clinical human study on 13 subjects demonstrate this proof-of-concept device. MIT Medical Electronic Device Realization Center 2016-04-20T16:00:24Z 2016-04-20T16:00:24Z 2015-10 2015-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0018-9294 1558-2531 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102274 He, David Da, Eric S. Winokur, and Charles G. Sodini. “An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor.” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 62, no. 11 (November 2015): 2547–2552. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-8774 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2015.2459061 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Prof. Sodini via Phoebe Ayers |
| spellingShingle | He, David Da Winokur, Eric S. Sodini, Charles G. An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title | An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title_full | An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title_fullStr | An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title_short | An Ear-Worn Vital Signs Monitor |
| title_sort | ear worn vital signs monitor |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102274 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-8774 |
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