Open source plethysmographic application for monitoring of cardiovascular parameters

Author

Csik, Norbert

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Kecskemet Coll., Kecskemet, Hungary

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 May 2013

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

232

Abstract

This article introduces new and self-developed software based on photoplethysmographic methods which relies on the functions of the versatile, EDAQ530 sensor-to-USB interface. It offers monitoring of not only raw data obtained with finger photoplethysmography but also the markers relevant in ECG analysis derived from this data including instantaneous heart rate, heart rate variability and more. It can monitor the effects of physical exercise, stress, drugs over time, enabling us to perform exploratory measurements before more extensive research, correct measurements in real time or do demonstrations. Since the program (http://www.gamfelektro.hu/plethysmo) and the hardware documentation (http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/noise/edudev/EDAQ530) are open source and freely available, it has the potential of becoming a significant tool in education and research.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; cardiovascular system; drugs; electrocardiography; medical computing; patient monitoring; plethysmography; public domain software; sensors; user interfaces; ECG analysis; EDAQ530 sensor-to-USB interface; cardiovascular parameter monitoring; drug effect monitoring; electrocardiography; hardware documentation; heart rate variability; open source plethysmographic application; physical exercise effect monitoring; self-developed software; stress effect monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Monitoring; Real-time systems; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2013 IEEE 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6397-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SACI.2013.6608973

Filename

6608973