The smartphone accessory heart rate monitor

Author

Diab, Mohamad O. ; Marak, R.A. ; Dichari, M. ; Moslem, B.

Author_Institution

Bio-Instrum. Dept., Rafik Hariri Univ., Damour, Lebanon

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes a design for a smartphone accessory that aims to determine the human heart rate, especially for cardiac patients who need to monitor their heart rate, it being an important indicator for prognosis and diagnosis, and also share it with their physician anytime to seek medical advice when needed. The goal of this paper is to present our design of this compact sized and user friendly smartphone accessory that can be accounted in clinical care and practice.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; electrocardiography; health care; medical diagnostic computing; medical signal processing; patient care; patient monitoring; smart phones; telemedicine; Android application; Arduino ADK board; ECG simulator; cardiac patients; clinical care; diagnosis; heart rate monitoring; human heart rate determination; medical advice; prognosis; smartphone accessory heart rate monitor; telemonitoring devices; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Heart rate; Medical services; Monitoring; Smart phones; Android application; Arduino ADK board; ECG simulator; Heart rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Medical Applications (ICCMA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5213-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCMA.2013.6506185

Filename

6506185