Ubiquitous cardiology emerging wireless telemedical applications /

• Main Author: Augustyniak, Piotr, 1965-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Tadeusiewicz, Ryszard.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Ambulatory electrocardiography.; Telecommunication in medicine.; Electrocardiography > instrumentation.; Electrocardiography > methods.; Cardiovascular Diseases > diagnosis.; Technology Assessment, Biomedical.; Telemedicine > methods.; Telemetry.; Automatic analysis procedures; Cardiac monitoring; Data validity-driven report optimization; Databases in cardiology; Electrical cardiac activity; Network-based ubiquitous cardiac surveillance; Optimization and prioritization of cardiac messages; Tele-cardiological data; Telemedical solutions in cardiac diagnostics; Ubiquitous cardiology
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The Internet and other technological developments are now playing increasing roles in consumer health and the delivery of health services. This book provides developmental solutions and explanations for cardiovascular diagnostics. Useful to field researchers, academicians, and healthcare practitione...

Table of Contents:

• Background 1, ECG interpretation : fundamentals of automatic analysis procedures
• Background 2, telemedical solutions in cardiac diagnostics : current issues
• Background 3, databases in cardiology : current issues
• General idea of the proposed system
• Investigations about the distribution of important information in ECG signals
• Optimization of the ECG procedures chain for reliability and data reduction
• Interpretation of the ECG as a web-based subscriber service
• Dynamic task distribution in a mobile client-server cooperation
• Optimization and prioritization of cardiac messages
• Future perspective : data validity-driven report optimization
• Social impact of the network-based ubiquitous cardiac surveillance.