The programmable ECG simulator.
This paper reports the design and development of Digital Signal Controller (DSPIC)-based ECG simulator intended to use in testing, calibration and maintenance of electrocardiographic equipment, and to support biomedical engineering students' education. It generates all 12 healthy ECG derivation signals having a profile that varies with heart rate, amplitude, and different noise contamination in a manner which reflects true in vivo conditions. The heart rate can be set at the range of 30 to 120 beats/minute in four steps. The noise and power line interference effects can be set at the range of 0 to 20 dB in three steps. Since standard commercially available electronic components were used to construct the prototype simulator, the proposed design was also relatively inexpensive to produce.
Caner
Candan
C
Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Engin
Mehmet
M
Engin
Erkan Zeki
EZ
D002138:Calibration; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans