Design and Implementation of Wireless Electrocardiography (ECG) Monitoring System

Abstract

With the increasing interest about healthcare, more people desire to check their health conditions frequently. Home healthcare electronic devices enable patients to monitor their vital signals. Electronic measurement of ECG faces many challenging problems such as the electric field interference, low ECG amplitude and motion artifacts due to the patient movements. An on-body wireless sensor network is used for monitoring the ECG signals from the human body. This thesis demonstrates a new application for the wireless domain to improve the home healthcare of patients. Home healthcare electronic devices, which enable patients to test, monitor ECG continuously, and treat certain healthcare conditions are becoming an important aspect of healthcare. The main difference between this system and the existing ones is that the electrodes themselves are communicating with a base station in a wireless fashion, thus providing better mobility for the patient. In this thesis, the techniques for motion artifacts reduction are explored for a wireless sensor system for ECG monitoring.