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A Medical-Grade Wireless Architecture for Remote Electrocardiography.
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PMID:  21216717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In telecardiology, electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from a patient are acquired by sensors and transmitted in real time to medical personnel across a wireless network. The use of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs (WLANs), which are already deployed in many hospitals, can provide ubiquitous connectivity and thus allow cardiology patients greater mobility. However, engineering issues, including the error-prone nature of wireless channels and the unpredictable delay and jitter due to the nondeterministic nature of access to the wireless medium, need to be addressed before telecardiology can be safely realized. We propose a medical-grade WLAN architecture for remote ECG monitoring, which employs the point coordination function (PCF) for medium access control and Reed-Solomon coding for error control. Realistic simulations with uncompressed 2-lead ECG data from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database demonstrate reliable wireless ECG monitoring; the reliability of ECG transmission exceeds 99.99% with the initial buffering delay of only 2.4 seconds.
Authors:
K Kang; L Sha
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1558-0032     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-10     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9712259     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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