Wearable Computers: A Study on ECG Signal Changes during Everyday Activities

Author

Szczepanski, Adam ; Saeed, Khalid ; Riener, Andreas ; Ferscha, Alois

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys. & Appl. Comput. Sci. AGH, Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cracow, Poland

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

174

Abstract

This paper deals with the analysis of the ECG signal during the same everyday activities of 5 people working together. The purpose of the work is to determine the influence of such factors as eating, working or walking on the pulse and the average heartbeat shape. The inter-beat intervals and R values are measured and examined. Authors try to draw conclusions which will help them in developing the real-time ECG analysis and diagnostics system. This will help monitor the person all day long and alert the right people in case of emergency.

Keywords

electrocardiography; medical signal processing; patient diagnosis; wearable computers; ECG signal changes; average heartbeat shape; diagnostics system; eating; everyday activities; interbeat intervals; walking; wearable computers; working; Biomedical monitoring; Correlation; Electrocardiography; Heart beat; Monitoring; Shape; ECG analysis; R values; influence of activities; inter-beat intervals; wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biometrics and Kansei Engineering (ICBAKE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Takamatsu, Kagawa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1356-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4512-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBAKE.2011.14

Filename

6031272