Title :
Wireless Telecardiological Monitoring System for the Homecare Area
Author :
Braecklein, M. ; Tchoudovski, I. ; Moor, C. ; Egorouchkina, K. ; Pang, L.P. ; Bolz, A.
Author_Institution :
Corscience GmbH & Co. KG, Erlangen
Abstract :
In following the directive "ambulant medical treatment is preferable to in hospital treatment" the home care area is becoming more and more important in western societies. In this paper a system for monitoring cardiological risk patients is presented. Special attention was paid to an automatic detection of life-threatening events and the initiation of immediate help
Keywords :
electrocardiography; patient care; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; automatic life-threatening detection; homecare area; wireless telecardiological monitoring system; Atrial fibrillation; Base stations; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Event detection; Heart; Hospitals; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617310
