Beat to BEAT non-invasive investigation of cardiac function on the international space station

First published in
Studies in health technology and informatics 
Number in series
295
Start Page
95
End Page
99
Citation
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 295: 95-99 (2022)
Contribution to Conference
20th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2022 
Publisher DOI
10.3233/SHTI220669
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85133276376
PubMed ID
35773815
Publisher
IOS Press
This paper describes the protocol of the microgravity experiment BEAT (Ballistocardiography for Extraterrestrial Applications and Long-Term Missions). The current study makes use of signal acquisition of cardiac parameters with a high-precision Ballistocardiography (BCG)/Seismocardiography (SCG) measurement system, which is integrated in a smart shirt (SmartTex). The goal is to evaluate the feasibility of this concept for continuous wearable monitoring and wireless data transfer. BEAT is part of the 'Wireless Compose-2' (WICO2) project deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) that will provide wireless network infrastructure for scientific, localization and medical experiments.
Schlagworte
cardiac function
micro gravity
seismocardiography
Space health
DDC Class
600: Technik
610: Medizin
More Funding Information
The project is funded by institutional funds of the University Bielefeld and Hamburg University of Technology and supported by DLR Space Research and DLR Space Administration, DSI Aerospace Technologie GmbH and Hohenstein Laboratories.