Balakrishna, Chitra, Rendon-Morales, Elizabeth, Aviles-Espinosa, Rodrigo, Dore, Henry and Luo, Zhenhua (2019) Challenges of wearable health monitors - a case study of foetal ECG monitor. 2019 Global IOT Summit, Aarhus, Denmark, 17 - 21 June, 2019. Published in: 2019 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISBN 9781728121710

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Abstract

IoT-based wearable health monitoring devices promise multiple benefits such as remote diagnosis, early-warnings, continuous home-care monitoring etc. These technologies will potentially impact people’s quality-of-life while reducing costs to healthcare service providers. The challenges for the development of these technologies are manifold, particularly for monitoring bio-signals. In this paper, we discuss the challenges associated with wearable health monitors through a case study of a fetal ECG wearable garment. This is focused on three main areas: a) sensor design and signal conditioning, b) data processing, and communications and c) printed sensors integrated into IoT garments. We discuss in detail the current design challenges to be tackled for achieving a precise signal retrieval.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:	This paper is the outcome of a pilot project funded by the EPSRC-Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council E-futures Sandpit award number RES/0560/7386/004
Keywords:	Consumer healthcare, wearable healthcare, ECG sensors, Wearable sensors, Foetal ECG
Schools and Departments:	School of Engineering and Informatics > Engineering and Design
Research Centres and Groups:	Sensor Technology Research Centre
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation
Depositing User:	Lucy Arnold
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2019 14:09
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2019 10:22
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/84536

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