Off-the-Person Electrocardiography: Performance Assessment and Clinical Correlation

Previous work by our group introduced a novel concept and sensor design for “off-the-person” ECG, for which evidence on how it compares against standard clinical-grade equipment has been largely missing. Our objectives with this work are to characterise the off-the-person approach in light of the cu...

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Main Author: Plácido da Silva, H (author)
Other Authors: Carreiras, C (author), Lourenço, A (author), Fred, A (author), César das Neves, R (author), Cruz Ferreira, R (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3433
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.chlc.min-saude.pt:10400.17/3433
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Summary:Previous work by our group introduced a novel concept and sensor design for “off-the-person” ECG, for which evidence on how it compares against standard clinical-grade equipment has been largely missing. Our objectives with this work are to characterise the off-the-person approach in light of the current ECG systems landscape, and assess how the signals acquired using this simplified setup compare with clinical-grade recordings. Empirical tests have been performed with real-world data collected from a population of 38 control subjects, to analyze the correlation between both approaches. Results show off-the-person data to be correlated with clinical-grade data, demonstrating the viability of this approach to potentially extend preventive medicine practices by enabling the integration of ECG monitoring into multiple dimensions of people’s everyday lives.