Article from The Interventional Centre in Physiological Measurements 2009 Highlights

Physiological Measurements has made a special collection of top rated papers that represents the excellence of the work published in 2009. Among the 13 papers selected for the presentation of outstanding new research was the article Validation of cardiac accelerometer sensor measurements written by Espen W Remme¹, Lars Hoff², Per Steinar Halvorsen¹, Edvard Nærum¹, Helge Skulstad³, Lars A Fleischer², Ole Jakob Elle¹ and Erik Fosse¹. Author affiliations ¹: The Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. ²:Vestfold University College, Tønserg, Norway. ³: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. The full text paper may be freely downloaded. The article describes a study where the group of researchers has investigated the accuracy of an accelerometer sensor designed for the measurement of cardiac motion and automatic detection of motion abnormalities caused by myocardial ischaemia. The video shows a robot arm attached next to the sensor. In this setup, both the robot and the sensor recorded the motion of the heart, which facilitated comparison of the sensor measurements with the robot.