Study of Real-Time System for Monitoring and Analyzing ECG Using Cell Phone: A Review

Abstract

Health conditions of various patients suffering from cardiac diseases need to be monitored time to time. This is due to the criticality of these conditions which are mainly related to cardiac dis orders. Thus patients need to be followed up on a regular basis. An immediate follow-up can be facilitated in a real environment. A portable device can act suitably as a real environment here in such conditions. A hand-held device as a cell-phone thus provides the best suited solution. Detection of various cardiac diseases such as ventricular fibrillation, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia detection, premature ventricular contraction, Tachycardia, Bradycardia can be performed by analyzing an ECG (Electrocardiogram) signal. It is surveyed that there are various techniques for classification of ECG signal on portable platforms. This is due to usage of various algorithms for QRS complex detection and software for android integration. A comparative study of possible ECG detection techniques over cell phone or portable platform is done here.

Keywords: Cell phone, ECG, QRS complex, Android

Cite this Article: Aditi Kaushik, Pooja Sabherwal. Study of Real-Time System for Monitoring and Analyzing ECG Using Cell Phone-A Review. Current Trends in Signal Processing. 2015; 5(1): 7-12p.