A Forcecardiography dataset with simultaneous SCG, Heart Sounds, ECG, and Respiratory signals.

FOSTER is the first ever publicly available dataset of forcecardiography (FCG) signals with simultaneous recordings of conventional seismocardiography (SCG), phonocardiography (PCG), electrocardiography (ECG), and respiratory signals. The dataset contains recordings from 40 participants (20 males and 20 females) and aims to foster and facilitate research on non-invasive cardio-respiratory monitoring using mechanical sensors. All signals were acquired simultaneously to ensure precise temporal alignment for accurate analysis. Each recording lasts about 7 minutes and includes both long phases of quiet breathing and short phases of inspiratory and expiratory apneas. The open accessibility of the FOSTER dataset aims to facilitate advancements in unobtrusive cardio-respiratory patient monitoring, support the development of novel diagnostic tools and algorithms to detect specific events of the cardiac and respiratory cycles, and help researchers to explore the potential of combined electrical and mechanical cardiac monitoring.