Title :
Biomedical signals monitoring based in mobile computing
Author :
Serigioli, Nilton ; Muñoz, Rodrigo Reina ; Rodriguez, Edgar Charry
Author_Institution :
Centro de Eng. e Cienc. Sociais Aplic., UFABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
The main objective of this project consists in the development of a biomedical instrumentation prototype for acquisition, processing and transmission of biomedical signals. These biomedical signals are acquired and then processed with a microcontroller. After processing, all data are sent to a communication interface that can send this information to a personal computer or a cell phone. The prototype developed, which is a digital blood pressure meter, is intended to allow remote monitoring of patients living in areas with limited access to medical assistance or scarce clinical resources. We believe that this development could be helpful to improve people´s quality of life, as well as to allow an improvement in the government attendance indices.
Keywords :
cellular radio; data acquisition; data communication; medical signal processing; microcontrollers; mobile computing; patient monitoring; telemedicine; biomedical instrumentation; biomedical signals monitoring; cell phone; communication interface; data acquisition; data processing; data transmission; digital blood pressure meter; medical assistance; microcontroller; mobile computing; personal computer; remote monitoring; Blood pressure; Cellular phones; Microcontrollers; Mobile handsets; Modems; Oscillators; Prototypes; Blood Pressure Monitors; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627663