Meng Jiang

Abstract

One of today’s most pressing matters in medical care is the response time to patients in need. The scope of this thesis is to suggest a solution that would help reduce response time in emergency situations utilizing wireless sensor networks technology. Wireless sensor network researches have recently gained unprecedented momentum in both industries and academia, especially its potential applications in Emergency Medical Services and Intensive Care Units. The enhanced power efficiency, minimized production cost, condensed physical layout, as well as reduced wired connections, presents a much more proficient and simplified approach to the continuous monitoring of patients’ physiological status. This thesis focuses on the areas of remote ECG feature extraction utilizing wavelet transformation concepts and sensor networks technology. The proposed sensor network system provides the following contributions. The low-cost, low-power wearable platforms are to be distributed to patients of concern and will provide continuous ECG monitoring by measuring electrical potentials between various points of the body using a galvanometer. The system is enabled with integrated RF communication capability that will relay the signals wirelessly to a workstation monitor. The workstation is equipped with ECG signal processing software that performs ECG characteristic extractions via wavelet transformation. Lastly, a low-complex, end-to-end security scheme is also incorporated into this system to ensure patient privacy. Other notable features include location tracking algorithms for patient tracking, and MATLAB Server environment for internal communication.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Wireless sensor networks; Electrocardiography; Cardiology--Data processing; Remote sensing; Signal processing; Medical informatics

Publication Date

11-15-2006

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Computer Engineering (KGCOE)

Advisor

Hu, Fei

Advisor/Committee Member

Lukowiak, Marcin

Advisor/Committee Member

Cao, Xiaojun

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TK7872.D48 J42 2006

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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