title: Wearable approach for continuous ECG--and activity patient-monitoring.
abstract: The paper describes an approach to monitor a person's ECG and activity continuously with functional clothing. A belt with integrated electronics has been developed and has proven long-term robustness of all electrical components. A low-power module measures the ECG signal as well as the acceleration (2-axis) and stores data continuously up to two days. A user test has been performed to evaluate the belt according to system performance at different daily-life activities like sleeping, walking and so on. System parameters are ECG-signal quality, system up-time, and ECG-signal coverage during a day.
authors.affiliation: Philips Research Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muhlsteff
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Such
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perkuhn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lauter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thijs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Musch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris