Title :
A low-power multi-modal body sensor network with application to epileptic seizure monitoring
Author :
Altini, Marco ; Din, Silvia Del ; Patel, Shyamal ; Schachter, Steven ; Penders, Julien ; Bonato, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Holst Centre, imec, Eindhoven, Netherlands
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Monitoring patients´ physiological signals during their daily activities in the home environment is one of the challenge of the health care. New ultra-low-power wireless technologies could help to achieve this goal. In this paper we present a low-power, multi-modal, wearable sensor platform for the simultaneous recording of activity and physiological data. First we provide a description of the wearable sensor platform, and its characteristics with respect to power consumption. Second we present the preliminary results of the comparison between our sensors and a reference system, on healthy subjects, to test the reliability of the detected physiological (electrocardiogram and respiration) and electromyography signals.
Keywords :
body sensor networks; electrocardiography; electromyography; medical disorders; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; electrocardiogram signals; electromyography signals; epileptic seizure monitoring; health care; home environment; low-power multi-modal body sensor network; patient physiological signal monitoring; power consumption; respiration; ultra-low-power wireless technologies; wearable sensor platform; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Electromyography; Monitoring; Power demand; Wearable sensors; Actigraphy; Computer Communication Networks; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electric Power Supplies; Electrocardiography; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Reproducibility of Results; Respiratory Rate; Seizures; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090515
