title: End-to-end signal processing from the embedded body sensor to the medical end user through QoS-less public communication channels: the U-R-SAFE experience.
abstract: The URSafe project (IST-2001-33352) aims at creating a telemedicine care environment for the elderly and convalescent. The idea is to provide a portable device which monitors autonomously different biomedical signals and is able to send an alarm to a medical center if an abnormality is detected. In the initial version of URSafe, three sensors where included in the platform: electrocardiogram (ECG), oxygen rate (SpO2) and Fall Detector. This paper presents the signal processing algorithms involved in the project. These are at two levels: ECG analysis and signal transmission.
authors.affiliation: ENSEEIHT-IRIT-TéSA, 2 rue Camichel, BP7122, 31071 Toulouse Cédex 7, France.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castanie
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mailhes
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henrion
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D020811:Biomedical Technology; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods