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A noninvasive heart rate (HR) monitoring system for avian embryos has been developed based on the ballistocardiogram (BCG). The BCG was detected using a phonograph cartridge as a record of the velocity of the minute ballistic movements of the eggshell, which are generated by recoil and impact of heart contraction and blood ejection. The autocorrelation coefficients (ACCs) of the detected signal were computed to confirm whether the detected signal contained ballistic movement. An envelope of ACC was calculated by the monitoring system to measure the intervals between peaks and/or highly correlated parts in the ACC, and then the system obtained HR by measuring these intervals. To demonstrate the valid range of the detecting method, the BCGs of chickens and Japanese quail embryos of different ages were measured. The result of the experiment shows that the BCGs of chickens and quail embryos are detected fully after about two-thirds of the incubation period has passed. The monitoring system will enable us to perform long-term HR measurement for developing avian embryos up to hatching.
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Suzuki, Y., Musashi, H. & Tazawa, H. Noninvasive heart rate monitoring system for avian embryos based on the ballistocardiogram. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 27, 399–404 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441432
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