Hardware design of ECG data logger

Author

Babusiak, Branko ; Gala, Michal ; Borik, Stefan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagn. & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia

fYear

2014

fDate

19-20 May 2014

Firstpage

514

Lastpage

517

Abstract

The cardiovascular disease is a serious problem in the world. The early diagnosis of heart disease leads to minimization of deaths. The analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns and cardiac frequency is used for detecting arrhythmias and discovering the nature of disease.. In many cases patients encounter heart problems (pain, sudden change of heart beat) but no longer have an ECG device and/or equipment for measurement. These drawbacks can be overcome using an ECG logger. In this paper it is described hardware design of one-lead ECG data logger. The designed ECG logger is small and compact device without any cables - it is a miniature, hand-held device with fixed electrodes for fingers. Measured data are stored on built-in microSD memory card and then transferred to PC via USB connection.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; biomedical electronics; cardiovascular system; data loggers; diseases; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; memory cards; ECG device; PC; USB connection; arrhythmias detection; built-in microSD memory card; cardiac frequency; cardiovascular disease; death minimization; electrocardiogram pattern analysis; equipment measurement; fixed electrodes; hardware design; heart disease diagnosis; heart problems; measured data storage; miniature hand-held device; one-lead ECG data logger; pain; sudden heart beat change; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Frequency measurement; Heart; Lead; Textiles; Universal Serial Bus; ECG; data logger; one-lead ECG;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ELEKTRO, 2014

Conference_Location

Rajecke Teplice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3720-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELEKTRO.2014.6848949

Filename

6848949