Authors:
Yusuf Hayirlioglu
and
Beren Semiz
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Keyword(s):
Wearable Devices, Health Monitoring, Seismocardiogram, Photoplethysmogram, Electrocardiogram.
Abstract:
Cardiopulmonary disease treatments can highly benefit from remote monitoring systems, allowing for early diagnosis and enabling personalized treatment programs. In this paper, the feasibility and performance of such a system is demonstrated. Continuous and simultaneous monitoring of electrocardiogram (ECG), seismocardiogram (SCG), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and body temperature signals from a total of six sensors is achieved by a microcontroller-based setup, which consists of a fixed main body mounted on mid-sternum and a mobile daughter body mounted on the wrist. The data is stored in an SD card and transmitted by a Bluetooth to PC in real-time, allowing easy data access. The proposed system’s performance is examined in comparison to the heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and respiration rate metrics derived from the BIOPAC system’s ECG and respiration data. Low margins of error in all test cases show that the system works at high performance.