• DocumentCode
    1210052
  • Title

    A Battery-Powered Digital Modem for Telephone Transmission of ECG Data

  • Author

    Thakor, Nitish V. ; Webster, John G. ; Tompkins, Willis J.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    5/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    355
  • Lastpage
    359
  • Abstract
    We present the design of a battery-powered digital modem for transmitting ECG signals. It operates from a 5-V battery supply, uses a coil or acoustic coupler for a telephone interface, and consumes only 30 mW during transmission. We show error rates comparable to regular stand-alone modems, well within the acceptable limit of 1 bit per 100 kbits transmitted at a transmission speed of 300 Bd.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Biomedical computing; Circuits; Computerized monitoring; Electrocardiography; Frequency shift keying; Modems; Portable computers; Remote monitoring; Telephony; Electrocardiography; Humans; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1982.324903
  • Filename
    4121417