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Development of Wearable Electro-Stethoscope Hardware System for the Ubiquitous Healthcare

유비쿼터스 헬스케어를 위한 무구속 전자청진 하드웨어 시스템 개발

  • 김동준 (청주대 공대 전자정보공학부)
  • Published : 2007.06.01
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Abstract

For the possible application of monitoring or diagnosing heart sounds in an ubiquitous healthcare environment. a small and light electro-stethoscope that can be attached in human body should be exploited. With this aim, this study proposes a new style of electro-stethoscope device that is composed of four hardware modules in wearable style. For this ambulatory heart sound collecting device, the several tests must be performed to check portability and material capability for collecting heart sounds. It turned out to be that the multi-channel electro-stethoscope can detect heart sound signals well even if it is not pinpointed in the accurate stethoscope point on a heart. Consequently, our ambulatory electro-stethoscope hardware system can be applied to monitor or diagnose abnormal heart sounds in the ubiquitous healthcare system.

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