Remote Patient Monitoring System

Abstract

The Telemedicine system comprises of both hardware and software components at both the patient and doctor ends. A leading field for application of telemedicine is in the field of cardiology where ECG is the major tool for diagnosis. The proposed project in this paper provides an image based techniques to acquire and analyse a constant streaming of ECG signal through digital camera for image capturing, information extraction and analysis performed using MATLAB tools as well as data sending system based on internet network. The method captures the vital signs and parameters from the ICU monitoring machine using a webcam and transmits the image through the internet. This original image is then availed to the consulting doctor via an ANDROID cell phone. In case of anomaly a notification is send to the doctor's phone. The paper proposes a method to capture, compare and generate alert regarding the patient's condition using the heart rate and make the captured image be available to the physician.