First International Workshop on Ballistocardiography & Seismocardiography
December 11th -16th 2012
Simon Fraser University, Aerospace Physiology Labortory
Burnaby BC Canada
Ballistocardiography and Seismocardiography are old techniques for measuring the mechanical performance of the heart. New technological advances have provided for new opportunities to use these old techniques for monitoring patients on earth and astronauts in space. This development has recently generated much research activity around the world; however, this diversity of researchers, interests and backgrounds has also resulted in an ambiguity in terminology and technical definitions. The goal of this FIRST international workshop in the field is to bring together as many of the most prominent researchers of the field in order to record signals simultaneously and think of standardization of definitions and annotations of these signals. SFU has been active in this particular field since 2005 and as a young university supports and promotes multidisciplinary research. As such we are happy to bring together esteemed scientists from around the world to provide a fresh engaging and innovative environment for the future development of Ballistocardiography and Seismocardiography
Organizers
1) Kouhyar Tavakolian (kouhyart@sfu.ca)
2) Andrew Blaber (ablaber@sfu.ca)
Sponsors
1) Heart Force Medical Inc.
2) Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
3) Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University
Agenda
Tuesday Dec 11th 2012
9 am -12 pm
Preparations
12 am – 2 pm
Lunch at Himalayan Peak Restaurant (sponsored by The Faculty of Science)
2 pm- 5 pm
Weight-scale BCG, Cardioverter, SCGs and Echocardiography recordings
Wednesday Dec 12th 2012
9 am -10 am
Breakfast (sponsored by Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology) and welcome address by SFU VP Research, Dr. Mario Pinto
10 am-12 pm
Lower body negative pressure recordings (LBNP)
2 pm -6 pm
Lower body negative pressure recordings (LBNP) & Tilt test recordings
Thursday Dec 13th 2012
9 am-12 pm
Simultaneous Recordings of ULF-BCG, Cardioverter and SCGs
1 pm-4 pm
Simultaneous EMFiT, SCG and Echocardiography recordings
5 pm-7 pm
Gala Dinner at Horizons Restaurant (sponsored Heart Force Medical Inc)
Friday December 14th 2012
9 am – 3pm
Lower body negative pressure recordings (LBNP), EMFiT recording and SCG recording
1 pm- 3 pm
Simultaneous Recordings of ULF-BCG and SCGs
Saturday December 15th 2012
9 am- 12 pm
Simultaneous recording Weight-Scale BCG, Cardioverter, SCG and Echocardiography
2 pm- 6 pm
A Tour of Vancouver
Sunday December 16th 2012
9 am- 12 pm
Simultaneous recording Weight-Scale BCG, Cardioverter, SCG
Confirmed Participants (alphabetically)
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Alireza Akhbardeh
Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russia
Roman Baevsky
Azaliya Berseneva
Irina Funtovoj
Elena Luchitskoj
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Andrew Blaber
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ramon Casanella
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA
André Diedrich
University of British Columbia, Canada
Guy Dumont
Kouhyar Tavakolian
Stanford University, USA
Omer Inan
Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Pierre-Francois Migeotte
Alexandre Almorad
Heart Force Medical Inc. Canada
Brandon Ngai
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Italy
Marco Di Rienzo
Francesco Rizzo
Hannover Medical School, Germany
Jens Tank
Independent Researcher, USA
John Zanetti
