Non-contact ECG monitoring for automotive application

Author

Leonhardt, Steffen ; Aleksandrowicz, Adrian

Author_Institution

Helmholtz Inst. of Biomed. Eng., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 June 2008

Firstpage

183

Lastpage

185

Abstract

This work reports on a sensing technique suitable for non-contact ECG monitoring inside a running car. Specifically, the physical principles of operation and the specific boundary conditions regarding automotive integration is presented. To eliminate the need for additional cabling, a wireless communication module based on the Bluetooth standard was added and used to transmit and store data on a measurement PC for off-line analysis. Finally, some results obtained during test drives on German city roads and highways are discussed.

Keywords

Bluetooth; electrocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; patient monitoring; portable computers; Bluetooth; German city highways; German city roads; automotive application; boundary conditions; noncontact ECG monitoring; wireless communication module; Automotive applications; Automotive engineering; Bluetooth; Boundary conditions; Communication cables; Communication standards; Electrocardiography; Measurement standards; Monitoring; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Devices and Biosensors, 2008. ISSS-MDBS 2008. 5th International Summer School and Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2252-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2253-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSMDBS.2008.4575048

Filename

4575048