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: Silva, Hugo Plácido da (author)
Other Authors: Carreiras, Carlos (author), Lourenço, André Ribeiro (author), Fred, Ana (author), Neves, Rui César das (author), Ferreira, Rui (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/6105
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/6105
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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. © 2015, IUPESM and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.