A Wearable ECG Monitoring System for Resource-Constrained Settings

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Uma Arun ◽  
Natarajan Sriraam
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Ecg Monitoring ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Fidelity Measures

Recent advancement in wearable technology has created a huge impact in healthcare delivery and clinical diagnosis. Remote access of physiological, vital parameters from patients and improvement in their day-to-day quality of life were the significant indicators due to this availability of wearable technology. Though wearable physiological monitoring systems for long-term monitoring of Electro cardiogram (ECG) were developed at high-cost involvement, there is a huge need for such technology for resource-constrained settings, at a low cost. This chapter suggests a wearable ECG monitoring system by making use of single channel textile sensors for screening of cardiac episodes. The proposed Cardiac signal framework (CARDIF) with chest textile-based sensors ensures the required qualitative signal for clinical assessment and the evaluation of fidelity measures confirms its suitability for early screening of cardiac episodes. The proposed CARDIF framework involves low-cost design without sacrificing the required clinical diagnosis requirement and can be extended for long-term, continuous monitoring in resource-constrained settings.

scholarly journals Wearable Wireless Physiological Monitoring System Based on Multi-Sensor

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 986
Author(s):  
Hongru Li ◽  
Guiling Sun ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Runzhuo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Physiological Monitoring ◽  
Motion Data ◽  
Low Load ◽  
Measure Heart Rate ◽  
Body Surface Temperature ◽  
Continuous Work

The purpose of wearable technology is to use multimedia, sensors, and wireless communication to integrate specific technology into user clothes or accessories. With the help of various sensors, the physiological monitoring system can collect, process, and transmit physiological signals without causing damage. Wearable technology has been widely used in patient monitoring and people’s health management because of its low-load, mobile, and easy-to-use characteristics, and it supports long-term continuous work and can carry out wireless transmissions. In this paper, we established a Wi-Fi-based physiological monitoring system that can accurately measure heart rate, body surface temperature, and motion data and can quickly detect and alert the user about abnormal heart rates.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of a Low Cost Wireless Ambulatory ECG Monitoring System for Deployment in Rural Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (15) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Hassan Ali ◽  
Ben Ernest Villaneouva ◽  
Raziq Yaqub
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ecg Monitoring ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Ambulatory Ecg ◽  
Ambulatory Ecg Monitoring ◽  
Ecg Data

Due to the rising number of heart patients and the apparent need for more robust electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring of these patients, hospitals are increasingly investing in typical cloud technology or centralized hospital server based remote ECG monitoring systems. However, the deployment these systems in rural communities is limited due to the high cost factor. To counter this challenge, in this paper, we focus on the design and implementation of a low cost real time wireless ambulatory ECG monitoring system. The detected ECG signals are first filtered and amplified and then digitally converted by a microcontroller. The digitized ECG signals are then sent over a ZigBee wireless link to a gateway personal computer (PC) at patient’s premises. The received ECG data from the ZigBee connection is displayed in real time via the National Instruments (NI) Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) user interface on the PC for instant personalized evaluation of the ECG data. The ECG data can be saved on the PC and sent via email to a remote cardiologist or a clinician. Additionally, the gateway PC at patient’s end acts as web server for sharing patient’s data over the Internet.  The remote off-site physician (medical staff in a hospital) can use a web browser on a PC, laptop or a mobile phone with Internet connection to access patient’s real time ECG trace for monitoring, expert review and diagnosis. It is shown that the system prototype allows users to acquire reliable ECG signals effectively and simply. The proposed ambulatory ECG system offers an alternative low cost deployment strategy and is especially suited for remote cardiac monitoring of patients in rural communities.

scholarly journals A Novel Contact Tunnel Profile Monitoring System: Concept and Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Yang Han ◽  
Shikun Pu ◽  
Lei Gao ◽  
Jianli Duan ◽  
Erbing Li
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Displacement Sensor ◽  
Profile Monitoring ◽  
Underground Engineering ◽  
Optimal Monitoring ◽  
Tunnel Cross Section

The displacement of the cross section directly reflects the stress state and stability of the surrounding rock and structure, so the monitoring of it is essential during the construction and operation of the tunnel and underground engineering, particularly under the conditions of earthquake and other geological disasters. This paper introduces a new contact tunnel profile monitoring system (TPMS) in detail that uses a tilt sensor and a displacement sensor as data acquisition devices. According to the relation between the sensing physical quantity and displacement change, the displacement calculation formulas of the tunnel cross section measuring points based on the two-dimensional plane coordinate system were deduced, and in order to eliminate the actual installation and positioning deviation of the monitoring system, the method of obtaining the optimal monitoring plane and converting coordinates of the measuring points was proposed, thus establishing the theoretical basis for the application of the TPMS. With the Beishan exploration tunnel (BET) in China as the test platform, the TPMS was successfully applied for long-term monitoring. The application experience showed that the TPMS can realize continuous monitoring, automatic collection and transmission of the monitoring data, remote access whenever necessary, without affecting the transportation in the tunnel, and high accuracy, which reaches 0.01 mm. This system provides a new simple and effective method with good generality and applicability for the deformation monitoring of the tunnel and underground engineering.

Design of Remote Monitoring System Based on Configuration Software

2013 ◽  
Vol 765-767 ◽  
pp. 2208-2212
Author(s):  
Qian Hu Xiao ◽  
Shao Jie Weng
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Configuration Software ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Dynamic Display

The previous measuring methods have the disadvantages of big workload, inaccuracy, high expenses and so on. A set of remote monitoring system that monitors soil moisture is developed by configuration software. This system makes online monitoring soil moisture, dynamic display of real-time data, historical data query and remote access come true. The test results in Haikou show that the system not only meets the requirements of monitoring soil moisture, but also is featured with good stability, accurate data and data sharing. It can be applied in many fields when changing the necessary sensors. The system is scalable and low-cost.

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