PROJECT TITLE :

Remote health monitoring system for detecting cardiac disorders

ABSTRACT:

Remote health monitoring system with clinical decision support system as a key component could potentially quicken the response of medical specialists to crucial health emergencies experienced by their patients. A monitoring system, specifically designed for cardiac care with electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis as the core diagnostic technique, could play a vital role in early detection of a wide range of cardiac ailments, from a easy arrhythmia to life threatening conditions such as myocardial infarction. The system that the authors have developed consists of three major elements, specifically, (a) mobile gateway, deployed on patient's mobile device, that receives twelve-lead ECG signals from any ECG sensor, (b) remote server component that hosts algorithms for accurate annotation and analysis of the ECG signal and (c) point of care device of the doctor to receive a diagnostic report from the server based on the analysis of ECG signals. In the current study, their focus has been toward developing a system capable of detecting important cardiac events well earlier using an advanced remote monitoring system. A system of this kind is predicted to have applications starting from tracking wellness/fitness to detection of symptoms resulting in fatal cardiac events.