Combined Use Of Electrocardiography And Accelerometry To Evaluate The Physical Condition Of A Subject

TY - JOUR

T1 - Combined Use Of Electrocardiography And Accelerometry To Evaluate The Physical Condition Of A Subject

AU - Ribeiro, André Santos

AU - Lacerda, Luis

AU - Ferreira, Hugo Alexandre

AU - et, al

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The advances in the technology of integrated circuits with low voltage bias allow the development of low-cost, low-power and downsized portable instrumentation. Regarding biomedical applications, mobile medical sensors provide an efficient and accurate way for evaluating the physical condition of a subject, without the need of direct intervention of a healthcare professional. The proposed equipment combines both electrocardiography and accelerometry, allowing the correlation of mobility with cardiac events in real-time. The detailed analysis of the implemented electrocardiograph circuit is presented. The most relevant experimental results obtained with the proposed instrument are shown. The results have proven that the device is able to generate low-noise signals and to provide a precise tracing of the cardiac cycle, in comparison to other equipments used for clinical applications. Further optimization is needed, specifically focusing the implementation of the wireless transmission of the gathered data and the miniaturization of the system.

AB - The advances in the technology of integrated circuits with low voltage bias allow the development of low-cost, low-power and downsized portable instrumentation. Regarding biomedical applications, mobile medical sensors provide an efficient and accurate way for evaluating the physical condition of a subject, without the need of direct intervention of a healthcare professional. The proposed equipment combines both electrocardiography and accelerometry, allowing the correlation of mobility with cardiac events in real-time. The detailed analysis of the implemented electrocardiograph circuit is presented. The most relevant experimental results obtained with the proposed instrument are shown. The results have proven that the device is able to generate low-noise signals and to provide a precise tracing of the cardiac cycle, in comparison to other equipments used for clinical applications. Further optimization is needed, specifically focusing the implementation of the wireless transmission of the gathered data and the miniaturization of the system.

M3 - Conference paper

VL - N/A

SP - N/A

JO - Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers

JF - Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers

IS - N/A

M1 - ID48

ER -