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

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 May 2014

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

90

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Montevideo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860706

Filename

6860706