Remote ECG signal monitoring via internet

Abstract EN

In this paper the Internet was used as a media for transmission an ECG (Electro-Cardio-gram) signal from a patient directly to a remotely reside doctor or consultant who will respond via the same media directly.

The ECG signal (at patient side) has been compressed in a manner to achieve low bandwidth requirement by using Matlab capabilities.

Also, at consultant side the original signal is reconstructed using the same capabilities of Matlab.

The Internet works as the center of communication between the two sides.

A database was used to store the patient information which can be handled easily by consultant.

Respecting the internet no more than a simple rented web site was required as a file storage shared between the consultant and patient.

The results show that the received signal at the doctor side after reconstruction had the complete and compatible to the signal used for diagnosis.