Amplitude demodulation of the electrocardiogram signal (ECG) for respiration monitoring and compensation during MR examinations

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Felblinger, Jacques ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram (ECG); Patient monitoring; Respiration compensation; Trigger

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DEMODULATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING;

AMPLITUDE DEMODULATION; ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING; CARDIORESPIRATORY SIGNALS; DIGITAL DEMODULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL; RESPIRATION COMPENSATION; RESPIRATION MONITORING; TRIGGER;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; THORAX;

EID: 0030747734     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380118     Document Type: Article

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