Jae-Young Yoo, Seyong Oh, Wissam Shalish, Woo-Youl Maeng, Emily Cerier, Emily Jeanne, Myung-Kun Chung, Shasha Lv, Yunyun Wu, Seonggwang Yoo, Andreas Tzavelis, Jacob Trueb, Minsu Park, Hyoyoung Jeong, Efe Okunzuwa, Slobodanka Smilkova, Gyeongwu Kim, Junha Kim, Gooyoon Chung, Yoonseok Park, Anthony Banks, Shuai Xu, Guilherme M Sant'Anna, Debra E Weese-Mayer, Ankit Bharat, John A Rogers
The human body generates various forms of subtle, broadband acousto-mechanical signals that contain information on cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal health with potential application for continuous physiological monitoring. Existing device options, ranging from digital stethoscopes to inertial measurement units, offer useful capabilities but have disadvantages such as restricted measurement locations that prevent continuous, longitudinal tracking and that constrain their use to controlled environments...
December 2023: Nature Medicine