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A noninvasive and noncontact technique based on the principle of laser speckle interferometry has been developed to record the cardiac displacements observed on the chest wall. These displacements are then reconstructed in the form of three-dimensional plots, during the P, QRS and T-waves of the ECG. A comparison of these patterns shows that the mechanical activity of each region varies significantly during these phases of cardiac cycle. As these displacements depend on the clinical status of the heart, its use with a cardiac patient shows the functional changes of the affected regions in the form of alteration of these patterns.
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Ramachandran, G., Singh, M. Three-dimensional reconstruction of cardiac displacement patterns on the chest wall during the P, QRS and T-segments of the ECG by laser speckle inteferometry. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 27, 525–530 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441473
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