Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2019/v12i16/141689
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 16, Pages: 1-6
Original Article
Faizan Rashid* and Arslan Khalid
Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Pakistan;
[email protected], [email protected]
*Author for correspondence
Faizan Rashid
Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
Background/Objectives: In this study, a real-time cost effective, light weight and portable Electrocardiogram (ECG) based telemedicine system for the monitoring of cardiac patients is designed and assembled. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The proposed system is realized with the aid of instrumentation amplifier to improve the signal strength and a notch filter that eliminates the noise from the ECG signal. The output interface of the system is a simple computer/laptop that receives an ECG signal from an Atmega-32 microcontroller using RS-232 serial module. Findings: The ECG waveform parameters such as heartbeat rate, amplitude level, and period of the PQRST wave are acquired and displayed on the GUI interface of LabVIEW. Applications/Improvements: The proposed system can be best implemented in a non-clinical environment such as home, offices and remote areas etc. Furthermore, improvements can be done by incorporating the designed system with the multimedia mobile service for the comfort of the patient and doctor so that they can send and receive ECG signal from any place at any time.
Keywords: Atmega-32, Cardiovascular Disease, GUI Interface, Notch Filter, Telemedicine, ECG, RS-232
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