Implementation of a portable personal EKG signal monitoring system

Authors:
Tan-Hsu Tan;Ching-Su Chang;Yung-Fu Chen;Cheng Lee
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University;Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:
ICMB'08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Medical biometrics
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This research develops a portable personal EKG signal monitoring system to help patients monitor their EKG signals instantly to avoid the occurrence of tragedies. This system is built with two main units: signal processing unit and monitoring and evaluation unit. The first unit consists of EKG signal sensor, signal amplifier, digitalization circuit, and related control circuits. The second unit is a software tool developed on an embedded Linux platform (called CSA). Experimental result indicates that the proposed system has the practical potential for users in health monitoring. It is demonstrated to be more convenient and with greater portability than the conventional PC-based EKG signal monitoring systems. Furthermore, all the application units embedded in the system are built with open source codes, no licensed fee is required for operating systems and authorized applications. Thus, the building cost is much lower than the traditional systems.