Development of an ambulatory multi-parameter monitoring system for physiological stress related parameters

Author

Ma, Ke ; Khoo, Joshua C T ; Brown, Thomas I H

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

16-18 April 2010

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

328

Abstract

This paper presents the hardware overview, design and implementation of a fully wireless ambulatory multi-parameter monitoring system. This mobile ambulatory system is designed to be integrated, wearable, and of low power consumption. The front-end hardware includes sensors and signal-conditioning circuits, integrated into a form factor of 30mmX50mm. Communication is implemented with Bluetooth sensor to form the Body Area Network (BAN). Physiological stress related parameters measured include heart rate, heart rate variability, skin conductance, body/environmental temperature, respiration rate and depth, and activity. This system can be generalized for other physiological monitoring applications.

Keywords

Bluetooth; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; biothermics; body area networks; body sensor networks; electrocardiography; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; skin; ambulatory multiparameter monitoring; bluetooth sensor; body area network; body temperature; environmental temperature; form factor; front-end hardware; heart rate variability; mobile ambulatory system; physiological stress; respiration rate; sensor; signal-conditioning circuit; skin conductance; stress monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Circuits; Condition monitoring; Energy consumption; Hardware; Mobile communication; Stress; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Ambulatory monitoring; multi-parameter; stress monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology (ICBBT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6775-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBT.2010.5478948

Filename

5478948