Authors:
C. P. Figueiredo
and
P. M. Mendes
Affiliation:
University of Minho, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Health Monitoring Devices, Biotelemetry, Wireless Systems, Wearable Systems, 12-lead ECG Synthesis, 12-lead ECG Reconstruction, Low-Power Design.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Instruments and Devices
;
Biotelemetry
;
Devices
;
Health Monitoring Devices
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Physiological Computing Systems
;
Wireless Systems
Abstract:
Wearable health monitoring systems have emerged in the last decade as innovative means for patient observation and healthcare delivery. Among the physiological signals which can be measured using such systems, the 12-lead electrocardiogram is arguably the most important. However, continuous monitoring of the standard 12 lead electrocardiogram is impractical and unattractive for a wearable system, due to the obtrusiveness and discomfort that the placement and connection of 10 electrodes would cause. In this regard, the use of reduced lead sets for the synthesis of the 12-lead electrocardiogram is a preferable solution. This work analyses the suitability of a wireless sensor network prototype for continuous and simultaneous monitoring of a set of 3 modified electrocardiogram leads, which can be used for synthesis of the 12-lead electrocardiogram by application of a patient-specific transformation matrix, estimated by multiple linear regression.