Abstract
The world's ageing population and prevalence of chronic diseases have lead to high demand for tele-home Healthcare, in which vital-signs monitoring is essential. An overview of state-of-art wearable technologies for remote patient-monitoring is presented, followed by case studies on a cuffless blood pressure meter, ring-type heart rate monitor, and Bluetooth™-based ECG monitor. Aim of our project is to develop a tele-home healthcare system which utilizes wearable devices, wireless communication technologies, and multisensor data fusion methods. As an important part of this system, a cuffless BP meter has been developed and tested on 30 subjects in a total of 71 trials over a period of five months. Preliminary results show a mean error (ME) of 1.82mmHg and standard deviation of error (SDE) of 7.62mmHg in systolic pressure; while ME and SDE in diastolic pressure are 0.45mmHg and 5.27mm Hg, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5384-5387 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 26 VII |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Conference Proceedings - 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2004 - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 1 Sept 2004 → 5 Sept 2004 |
Keywords
- Cuffless blood pressure meter
- Finger-ring sensor
- Tele-home healthcare
- Wearable device