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Low‐cost wireless sensor networks for remote cardiac patients monitoring applications

2007; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/wcm.488

1530-8677

Fei Hu, Meng Jiang, Yang Xiao,

Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring

Abstract One of today's most pressing matters in medical care is response time to patients in need. Scope of this research is to suggest a solution that would help reduce response time in emergency situations utilizing technologies of wireless sensor networks. The enhanced power efficiency, minimized production cost, condensed physical layout, and reduced wired connections present a much more proficient and simplified approach to the continuous monitoring of patients' physiological status. The proposed sensor network system is composed of wearable vital sign sensors and a workstation monitor. The wearable platforms are to be distributed to patients of concern. The wearable platforms can provide continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring by measuring electrical potentials between various points of the body using a galvanometer. They will then relay the ECG signals wirelessly to the workstation monitor. In addition to displaying the data, the workstation will also perform signal wavelet transformation for ECG characteristic extractions. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.