Empirical Evaluation of the Potential of Low-cost and Open Source “On-the-Person” ECG for Cardiopathy Pre-screening

Hélio B. M. Lourenço, Víctor Sanfins, Sílvia Ala, Francisco Barros, Hugo P. Silva, Manuel J.C.S. Reis

2018

Abstract

Electrocardiographic (ECG) data analysis can reveal crucial information about the cardiovascular physiological phenomenon, which is modulated by the Autonomic Nervous System. Hereupon, beyond cardiovascular diagnosis, ECG markers can also reflect workload levels, or even physical and mental performance, through Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis. Building upon previous work found within the state-of-the-art, this pilot research explores the potential of using a low-cost device for cardiopathy pre-screening, through ECG signal analysis. With the aim of performing the rhythmical analysis, we performed empirical tests from a population of 21 control subjects in a resting position, and an additional 2 subjects, one of them in dynamic condition, in the scope of an exploratory research, using ECG wave segments analysis and HRV features extraction for numerical analysis. Results have demonstrated that the signal quality allows reliable ECG acquisition for further rhythmical and HRV analysis, in stationary and dynamic monitoring, for the bipolar leads applied. There was also evidence to suggest a benefit from including ECG morphological analysis with this hardware and software setup for prevention and diagnosis of cardiovascular disorders, although requiring further investigation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lourenço H., Sanfins V., Ala S., Barros F., Silva H. and Reis M. (2018). Empirical Evaluation of the Potential of Low-cost and Open Source “On-the-Person” ECG for Cardiopathy Pre-screening.In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS, ISBN 978-989-758-329-2, pages 115-122. DOI: 10.5220/0006962701150122

in Bibtex Style

@conference{phycs18,
author={Hélio B. M. Lourenço and Víctor Sanfins and Sílvia Ala and Francisco Barros and Hugo P. Silva and Manuel J.C.S. Reis},
title={Empirical Evaluation of the Potential of Low-cost and Open Source “On-the-Person” ECG for Cardiopathy Pre-screening},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,},
year={2018},
pages={115-122},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006962701150122},
isbn={978-989-758-329-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,
TI - Empirical Evaluation of the Potential of Low-cost and Open Source “On-the-Person” ECG for Cardiopathy Pre-screening
SN - 978-989-758-329-2
AU - Lourenço H.
AU - Sanfins V.
AU - Ala S.
AU - Barros F.
AU - Silva H.
AU - Reis M.
PY - 2018
SP - 115
EP - 122
DO - 10.5220/0006962701150122