Title :
Estimation of physiological body parameters from smart garment data
Author :
Das, Aruneema ; Beatty, Paul ; Dutta, Ritaban
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Med., Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Abstract :
A wearable smart garment containing embedded sensors produces live data stream like electrocardiograph, respiratory rate, tidal volume and body temperature. Additional vital body parameters are necessary to assess the physiological state of a person especially for athletes, firefighters, combat personnel etc. This work shows the development of a graphical user interface software application for estimation of parameters like metabolic rate, heart rate, heat stress index, core body temperature, sweat rate and heat strain following standard physiological equations. The smart garment and the software application can be used for remotely monitoring the health status of a person and taking necessary actions when required.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomedical telemetry; biothermics; body sensor networks; electrocardiography; graphical user interfaces; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; parameter estimation; patient monitoring; telemedicine; athletes; combat personnel; core body temperature; electrocardiograph; embedded sensors; firefighters; graphical user interface software; heart rate; heat strain index; heat stress index; metabolic rate; physiological body parameter estimation; physiological equations; remote health status monitoring; respiratory rate; sweat rate; tidal volume; vital body parameter esimation; wearable smart garment; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Equations; Graphical user interfaces; Heart rate; Heating; Software; core body temperature; heart rate; heat stress index; metabolic rate; smart garment; sweat rate;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Montevideo
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860706
