TY - GEN
T1 - An intelligent stethoscope with ECG and heart sound synchronous display
AU - Lin, Yu Jin
AU - Chuang, Chen Wei
AU - Yen, Chun Yueh
AU - Huang, Sheng Hsin
AU - Huang, Peng Wei
AU - Chen, Ju Yi
AU - Lee, Shuenn Yuh
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors greatly appreciate the support from the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Southern Taiwan Science Park, Taiwan (Grant MOST 107-2218-E-006-034 and AZ-13-05-28-107).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study presents an intelligent stethoscope that can visualize heart sound signals and can simultaneously measure human's electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart sounds. The proposed stethoscope can be used in hospitals and telemedicine through an internet of things (IoT) system and a cloud database. The proposed stethoscope includes three parts, namely, a front-end device for ECG and heart sound measurement, a smart device application (APP), and a cloud server. The ECG-measuring device is designed for single lead measurement and has low power consumption and IoT-based design, which can send real-time ECG data to the smart device APP. Simultaneously, the heart-sound-measuring device combined with a traditional stethoscope head is used to measure heart sound signals. This device includes an analog front-end circuit and a microphone to filter environmental noises and to record heart sound signals. Heart sound signals are transmitted to the APP by using a Bluetooth Low Energy module. The smart device APP can display synchronized and real-time signals, including ECG and heart sounds. Meanwhile, those signals are recorded in smart devices and are uploaded to the cloud server, where doctors and users can diagnose and monitor healthcare anytime. The cloud server can store previous signals and can realize telemedicine through a web user interface. The proposed intelligent stethoscope is applied on human trials in the National Cheng Kung University Hospital.
AB - This study presents an intelligent stethoscope that can visualize heart sound signals and can simultaneously measure human's electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart sounds. The proposed stethoscope can be used in hospitals and telemedicine through an internet of things (IoT) system and a cloud database. The proposed stethoscope includes three parts, namely, a front-end device for ECG and heart sound measurement, a smart device application (APP), and a cloud server. The ECG-measuring device is designed for single lead measurement and has low power consumption and IoT-based design, which can send real-time ECG data to the smart device APP. Simultaneously, the heart-sound-measuring device combined with a traditional stethoscope head is used to measure heart sound signals. This device includes an analog front-end circuit and a microphone to filter environmental noises and to record heart sound signals. Heart sound signals are transmitted to the APP by using a Bluetooth Low Energy module. The smart device APP can display synchronized and real-time signals, including ECG and heart sounds. Meanwhile, those signals are recorded in smart devices and are uploaded to the cloud server, where doctors and users can diagnose and monitor healthcare anytime. The cloud server can store previous signals and can realize telemedicine through a web user interface. The proposed intelligent stethoscope is applied on human trials in the National Cheng Kung University Hospital.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISCAS.2019.8702481
DO - 10.1109/ISCAS.2019.8702481
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85066787081
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
BT - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2019
Y2 - 26 May 2019 through 29 May 2019
ER -