Body sensor network for mobile health monitoring, a diagnosis and anticipating system

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Wannenburg, Johann
Malekian, Reza

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Abstract

A system capable of mobile heath monitoring was designed and implemented from the first principles. The system is capable of measuring vital physiological parameters, interpret the measured signals, and provide a sense of monitoring and biofeedback to the user. In the case, a medical emergency is detected notifications are sent to a medical team for the analysis. The system was designed through the investigation of various biosignal extraction methods. An optical pulse oximeter sensor was designed along with the required software algorithms. The photoplethysmographic signals were extracted and used to calculate heart rate, saturation of oxygen, and pulse transits time. The pulse transit time was utilized in the estimation of continuous blood pressure measurement. The pulse oximetry implementation applies reflectance-based sensing on the user’s fingertip and palm. Skin temperature is also measurable through the use of a digital temperature sensor. The system is capable of providing feedback to the user by means of a smartphone application receiving data from the device through Bluetooth. The measurement of the proposed physiological parameters were successfully measured with the appropriate degree of accuracy required by medical standards. The system is capable of health monitoring through accurate measurements, providing the user with feedback and successfully identifying medical stress resulting in the sending of a notification to a medical doctor.

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Mobile health monitoring, Physiological parameters, SpO2, Saturation of oxygen, Heart rate, Photoplethysmography, PPG, Blood pressure, Pulse transit time, Skin temperature, Body sensor network, Pulse oximetry, Bluetooth

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Wannenburg, J & Malekian, R 2015, 'Body sensor network for mobile health monitoring, a diagnosis and anticipating system', IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 6839-6852.