Main description:

Ambulation Analysis in Wearable ECG demonstrates why, due to recent developments, the wearable ECG recorder substantiates a significant innovation in the healthcare field.

About this book:

Examines the viability of wearable ECG in cardiac monitoring

Includes chapters written by practitioners who have personally developed such hardware to write about the hardware details

Bridges the gap between hardware and algorithmic developments with chapters that specifically discuss the hardware aspects and their corresponding calibration issues

Presents a useful text for both practitioners and researchers in biomedical engineering and related interdisciplinary fields

Assumes basic familiarity with digital signal processing and linear algebra.

Contents:

Review of ECG Analysis.- Hardware Development of Wearable ECG Devices.- Calibration of Locket.- Data Acquisition.- Detection of Activity Transition.- Activity Recognition.- Impact of Ambulation.- Conclusions.