Mixed Hardware and Software Embedded Signal Processing Methods for in-situ Analysis of Cardiac Activity

Bertrand Massot, Tanguy Risset, Gregory Michelet, Eric McAdams

2016

Abstract

This paper presents the implementation of a combination of hardware and software signal processing methods on a wearable device for the continuous and long-term monitoring and analysis of cardiac activity during insitu experiments. Heart rate assessment and heart rate variability parameters are computed in real-time directly on the sensor, thus only few parameters are sent via wireless communication for power saving. Hardware method for heart rate measurement, and software methods for the calculation of time-domain and frequency-domain parameters of heart rate variability are described, and preliminary tests for the evaluation of the sensor are presented.

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Massot B., Risset T., Michelet G. and McAdams E. (2016). Mixed Hardware and Software Embedded Signal Processing Methods for in-situ Analysis of Cardiac Activity . In Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 4: Smart-BIODEV, (BIOSTEC 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-170-0, pages 303-310. DOI: 10.5220/0005843703030310


in Bibtex Style

@conference{smart-biodev16,
author={Bertrand Massot and Tanguy Risset and Gregory Michelet and Eric McAdams},
title={Mixed Hardware and Software Embedded Signal Processing Methods for in-situ Analysis of Cardiac Activity},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 4: Smart-BIODEV, (BIOSTEC 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={303-310},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005843703030310},
isbn={978-989-758-170-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 4: Smart-BIODEV, (BIOSTEC 2016)
TI - Mixed Hardware and Software Embedded Signal Processing Methods for in-situ Analysis of Cardiac Activity
SN - 978-989-758-170-0
AU - Massot B.
AU - Risset T.
AU - Michelet G.
AU - McAdams E.
PY - 2016
SP - 303
EP - 310
DO - 10.5220/0005843703030310