title: ECG by mobile technologies.
abstract: Mobile electrocardiographs consist of three components: a mobile device (e.g. a smartphone), an electrocardiographic device or accessory, and a mobile application. Mobile platforms are small computers with sufficient computational power, good quality display, suitable data storage, and several possibilities of data transmission. Electrocardiographic electrodes and sensors for mobile use utilize unconventional materials, e.g. rubber, e-textile, and inkjet-printed nanoparticle electrodes. Mobile devices can be handheld, worn as vests or T-shirts, or attached to patient's skin as biopatches. Mobile electrocardiographic devices and accessories may additionally record other signals including respiratory rate, activity level, and geolocation. Large-scale clinical studies that utilize electrocardiography are easier to conduct using mobile technologies and the collected data are suitable for "big data" processing. This is expected to reveal phenomena so far inaccessible by standard electrocardiographic techniques.
authors.affiliation: Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: pguzik@ptkardio.pl.
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guzik
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Electrocardiography; Mobile health; Sensors; Smartphones