Performance of wireless ECG monitoring in city hospital in the presence of interference

Authors:
L. Mucchi;F. Trippi;A. Carpini;M. Amato
Affiliations:
University of Florence, Firenze, Italy;University of Florence, Firenze, Italy;University of Florence, Firenze, Italy;University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Venue:
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this paper we present an experimental campaign which shows the interference levels in the ISM band in a typical City Hospital. This first result leaded us to propose a wireless real-time ECG monitoring system which does not use the ISM band. The performance of the proposed hardware solution has been proven in a real situation by means of experimental trials in the emergency ward of a real city hospital.