Title: Design and development of a wireless internet-based ECG monitoring system for ambulatory applications

Authors: Vivek Agarwal, Ranganadh Thatha, C. Chandramouli

Addresses: Applied Power Electronics Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. ' Multimedia and Streaming Solutions Department, N K Electronics, Plot 42, Sector 12, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400703, India. ' Applied Power Electronics Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Abstract: The visual observation of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal(s) helps in detecting the presence and nature of heart disease(s). This paper presents the design and development of a portable ECG monitoring system integrated with an ethernet link for secured transmission of real-time ECG data using TCP/IP protocol to a remote terminal. To incorporate the advantages of wireless internet technology for ambulatory applications, a highly configurable and future proof model of ECG monitoring system, which can be easily integrated with IEEE 802.11b/g, IP over GSM, CDMA networks and WiMAX, is presented.

Keywords: ECG signals; electrocardiograms; embedded web servers; biotelemetry; on-board ambulatory systems; embedded Linux; HTML; CGI; Java Applets; wireless internet; IEEE 802.11b/g; IP over GSM; CDMA; WiMAX; heart disease; ECG monitoring; patient monitoring; wireless networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2010.034943

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2010 Vol.4 No.3, pp.257 - 275

Published online: 31 Aug 2010 *

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