Title :
A non-invasive remote health monitoring system using visible light communication
Author :
Al-Qahtani, Abdulla ; Al-Hajri, Hamad ; Al-kuwari, Saad ; Al-yaarabi, Naseer ; Al-hababi, Abdulrahman ; Al-kubaisi, Essa ; Ahmed, Abdulla ; Kashef, Mohamad ; Abbasi, Qammer H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas A & M Univ. at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Abstract :
In this paper a non-invasive Electroencephalograph (ECG) monitoring system based on visible light communication is presented. An ECG kit is connected to ardueno board which uses wifi shield to transmit the ECG signal wirelessly to computer. A prototype of visible light communication (VLC) link is used to transmit the ECG signal. The received ECG signal over VLC link is compared with the transmitted ECG signal and error is calculated. Result shows that maximum 3% error in received signal at a distance of 2 meter, which opens a new path of using VLC channel in remote health monitoring system.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; biomedical telemetry; electrocardiography; error analysis; optical communication; patient monitoring; pattern matching; prototypes; telemedicine; wireless LAN; ECG kit; ECG signal wireless transmission; VLC channel; VLC link prototype; Wi-Fi shield; ardueno board; distance 2 m; error calculation; noninvasive ECG monitoring system; noninvasive electroencephalograph monitoring system; received ECG signal comparison; transmitted ECG signal comparison; visible light communication; Biomedical monitoring; Boards; Electrocardiography; Medical services; Monitoring; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; ECG; on-body; remote healthcare; visible lightcommunication;
Conference_Titel :
Future Information and Communication Technologies for Ubiquitous HealthCare (Ubi-HealthTech), 2015 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6167-2
DOI :
10.1109/Ubi-HealthTech.2015.7203332
