Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish a method of measuring precisely the seismocardiogram (SCG) of a patient who lying in an open magnetic resonance imaging (openMRI) machine for myocardial ischemia monitoring during surgery. Vibration isolation was examined by analyzing the gantry vibration during MRI scanning and the SCG of a healthy volunteer. The signal-to-noise ratio between the SCG and the patient bed vibration was calculated to be 6. These results demonstrate that the peak acceleration of the SCG can be monitored during openMRI scanning. In conclusion, vibration analysis showed the feasibility of using the piezoelectric acceleration sensor for seismocardiogram measurement in the openMRI-guided operating theater.
