Design and validation of an e-textile-based wearable system for remote health monitoring

Authors

  • Armando Coccia Department of Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia
  • Federica Amitrano Department of Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia
  • Leandro Donisi Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia
  • Giuseppe Cesarelli Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II , Naples
  • Gaetano Pagano Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia
  • Mario Cesarelli Department of Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9068-313X
  • Giovanni D'Addio Scientific Clinical Institutes Maugeri SpA SB, Pavia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/acta_imeko.v10i2.912

Abstract

The paper presents a new e-textile-based system, named SWEET Shirt, for the remote monitoring of biomedical signals. The system includes a textile sensing shirt, an electronic unit for data transmission, a custom-made Android application for real-time signal visualisation and a software desktop for advanced digital signal processing. The device allows for the acquisition of electrocardiographic, bicep electromyographic and trunk acceleration signals. The sensors, electrodes, and bus structures are all integrated within the textile garment, without any discomfort for users. A wide-ranging set of algorithms for signal processing were also developed for use within the system, allowing clinicians to rapidly obtain a complete and schematic overview of a patient’s clinical status. The aim of this work was to present the design and development of the device and to provide a validation analysis of the electrocardiographic measurement and digital processing. The results demonstrate that the information contained in the signals recorded by the novel system is comparable to that obtained via a standard medical device commonly used in clinical environments. Similarly encouraging results were obtained in the comparison of the variables derived from the signal processing.

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Published

2021-06-29

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

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Research Papers

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