Title :
Real-time mobile-to-mobile stethoscope for distant healthcare
Author :
Bing-Yuh Lu ; Ling-Yuan Hsu ; Huey-Dong Wu ; Meng-Lun Hsueh ; San-San Sing ; Rui-Han Tang ; Mei-Ju Su ; Jhen-Cheng Wang ; Jin-Shin Lai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tungnan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
This study presented to insert a small-scaled microphone of the ear-set of a smart mobile (Amazing A6, Taiwan MobileTM) into an eartip of the stethoscope, the sound can be transmitted by the mobile when it dialed to another phone or mobile. In this study, we employed another smart phone (Galaxy R GT19103, SamsungTM) to be the receiver. The results were showed by spectrogram which demonstrated the components of frequencies of the sounds. Finally, we proposed to improve the study by database.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; health care; microphones; mobile radio; smart phones; telemedicine; Amazing A6; Galaxy R GT19103; SamsungTM; Taiwan MobileTM; distant healthcare; real-time mobile-to-mobile stethoscope; receiver; small-scaled microphone; smart mobile; smart phone; spectrogram; Educational institutions; Lungs; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Mobile communication; Spectrogram; Stethoscope; acoustic signal; distant healthcare; heart sound; lung sound; mobile; smart phone;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pyeongchang
Print_ISBN :
978-89-968650-2-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICACT.2014.6778939
