Key result
Internet-based remote ECG compression and reconstruction yields complete signals suitable for clinical diagnosis.
Why the study?
The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of transmitting ECG signals via the Internet with low bandwidth requirements and accurate reconstruction for remote diagnosis.
A proposed system for remote ECG monitoring via the Internet using Matlab compression successfully reconstructed signals compatible with diagnostic requirements.
Technically feasible for remote ECG transmission; leaves open validation of diagnostic accuracy, security, and clinical outcomes.
In this paper the Internet was used as a media for transmission an ECG (Electro-Cardio-gram) signal from a patient directly to a remotely reside doctor or consultant whowill respond via the same media directly. The ECG signal (at patient side) has beencompressed in a manner to achieve low bandwidth requirement by using Matlabcapabilities. Also, at consultant side the original signal is reconstructed using the samecapabilities of Matlab. The Internet works as the center of communication between thetwo sides. A database was used to store the patient information which can be handledeasily by consultant. Respecting the internet no more than a simple rented web site wasrequired as a file storage shared between the consultant and patient. The results showthat the received signal at the doctor side after reconstruction had the complete andcompatible to the signal used for diagnosis.
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Al-Qaraawy et al. (2009) studied this question. Remote ECG signal monitoring via Internet using Matlab compression was evaluated on Signal reconstruction quality. Remote ECG signal monitoring via the Internet using Matlab for compression and reconstruction provided a received signal that was complete and compatible for diagnosis.
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