SignalBIT - A Web-based Platform for Real-time Biosignal Visualization and Recording

Ana Priscila Alves, Hugo Plácido da Silva, André Lourenço, Ana Fred

2013

Abstract

Biosignals have had an increasingly important role in the research and development of new applications for healthcare, sports, quality of life, and many other fields. Still, researchers are often faced with problems related with the ease-of-use and practicality of software tools for rapid prototyping of applications that involve biosignal acquisition and processing. Typically, there are either highly flexible scientific computing tools or custom developed and application-specific tools, the former being often characterized by long learning curves and limited user interface design capabilities, while the latter is often characterized by poor cross-platform compatibility, and overheads in terms of development time when new features are needed. In this paper we present a versatile, flexible, and extensible software framework for rapid prototyping of end-user applications, specifically targeted at biosignal acquisition and post-processing. We build on the advantages of combining web technologies with the Python programming language, to improve the usability, interaction, cross-platform compatibility, extensibility, and flexibility of biosignal-based applications.

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Priscila Alves A., Plácido da Silva H., Lourenço A. and Fred A. (2013). SignalBIT - A Web-based Platform for Real-time Biosignal Visualization and Recording . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications and 10th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-74-7, pages 156-162. DOI: 10.5220/0004612001560162


in Bibtex Style

@conference{sigmap13,
author={Ana Priscila Alves and Hugo Plácido da Silva and André Lourenço and Ana Fred},
title={SignalBIT - A Web-based Platform for Real-time Biosignal Visualization and Recording},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications and 10th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={156-162},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004612001560162},
isbn={978-989-8565-74-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications and 10th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2013)
TI - SignalBIT - A Web-based Platform for Real-time Biosignal Visualization and Recording
SN - 978-989-8565-74-7
AU - Priscila Alves A.
AU - Plácido da Silva H.
AU - Lourenço A.
AU - Fred A.
PY - 2013
SP - 156
EP - 162
DO - 10.5220/0004612001560162