ABSTRACT
A Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) based 3-lead cableless electrocardiography (ECG) acquisition system is described. To enable truly cableless ECG monitoring, a new ECG measurement configuration and method that acquires ECG signals at individual lead locations referenced to a localized ground is proposed. The synthesized ECG signals are evaluated against the standard wired 3-lead configuration on the same test subject. Average Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.82, 0.95 and 0.86 have been achieved for Lead I, II and III signals respectively, demonstrating a high degree of similarity in the synthesized signals. Measurements are obtained via a custom wireless network platform utilizing a TDMA-based MAC protocol supporting the star topology and a proprietary front-end ECG acquisition system.
