School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2018
Abstract
Mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring is an emerging area that has received increasing attention in recent years, but still real-life validation for elderly residing in low and middle-income countries is scarce. We developed a wearable ECG monitor that is integrated with a self-designed wireless sensor for ECG signal acquisition. It is used with a native purposely designed smartphone application, based on machine learning techniques, for automated classification of captured ECG beats from aged people. When tested on 100 older adults, the monitoring system discriminated normal and abnormal ECG signals with a high degree of accuracy (97%), sensitivity (100%), and specificity (96.6%). With further verification, the system could be useful for detecting cardiac abnormalities in the home environment and contribute to prevention, early diagnosis, and effective treatment of cardiovascular diseases, while keeping costs down and increasing access to healthcare services for older persons.
Recommended Citation
Mena, L. J., Félix, V. G., Ochoa, A., Ostos, R., González, E., Aspuru, J., Velarde, P., & Maestre, G. E. (2018). Mobile Personal Health Monitoring for Automated Classification of Electrocardiogram Signals in Elderly. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2018, e9128054. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9128054
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Publication Title
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
DOI
10.1155/2018/9128054
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Neuroscience
Comments
© 2018 Luis J. Mena et al. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9128054