by Hung King Fai Kevin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-85 (2nd gp.)). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / 摘要 --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- NEED FOR PATIENT-MONITORING SYSTEM --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Aging Population --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Increasing Population with Heart Diseases --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- ECG BASICS --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- EXISITING ECG-MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- CHALLENGES IN PATIENT-MONITORING --- p.5 / Chapter 1.6 --- DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECG-MONITORING SYSTEM --- p.6 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Overall Structure --- p.6 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Considerations --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- EMI FILTERS IN ECG ACQUISITION CIRCUIT --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- OVERVIEW OF NOISE SOURCES IN ECG ACQUISITION --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Other Biopotentials --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Motion Artifact --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Power-line Interference --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- High-Frequency Electromagnetic Interference --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- EMI FILTERS --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Introduction to EMI Filters --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Types of EMI Filter --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- EMI Filters in ECG Monitoring --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- MODELING OF INTERFERENCE IN ECG-MONITORING SYSTEM --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Model and Parameters --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Method --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Results --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Discussion --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4 --- BUILDING AN ECG ACQUISITION CIRCUIT WITH EMI FILTERS --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Purpose --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Experimental Setup and Method --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Results --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Discussion --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- ADAPTIVE FILTER --- p.48 / Chapter 3.1 --- OBJECTIVE --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2 --- INTRODUCTION TO ADAPTIVE FILTER --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3 --- METHOD --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4 --- RESULTS --- p.52 / Chapter 3.5 --- DISCUSSION --- p.57 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- WAP-BASED TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS --- p.59 / Chapter 4.1 --- INTRODUCTION TO TELEMEDICINE --- p.59 / Chapter 4.2 --- INTRODUCTION TO WAP --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3 --- WAP APPLICATIONS --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4 --- SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Overall Structure --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Relational Database --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Program Flow --- p.64 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- ECG Browsing and Feature Extraction --- p.70 / Chapter 4.5 --- EMULATION --- p.72 / Chapter 4.6 --- EXPERIENCE WITH WAP PHONE --- p.74 / Chapter 4.7 --- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION --- p.75 / Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK --- p.77 / Chapter 5.1 --- CONCLUSION --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- FUTURE WORK --- p.77 / Chapter 5.3 --- MARKET ANALYSIS --- p.79 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.80

Chen, Xijun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-77). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Design Challenges --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Wireless Sensor Network Applications --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Military Applications --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Environmental Applications --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Health Applications --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Wireless Biomedical Sensor Networks (WBSN) --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4 --- Text Organization --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Design a Wearable Platform for Wireless Biomedical Sensor Networks --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Objective --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Requirements for Wireless Medical Sensors --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3 --- Hardware design --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Materials and Methods --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Results --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Conclusion --- p.27 / Chapter 2.4 --- Software design --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- TinyOS --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Software Organization --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Wireless Medical Sensors --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Sensing Physiological Information --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Pulse Oximetry --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Electrocardiograph --- p.36 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Galvanic Skin Response --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- Location Tracking --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Outdoor Location Tracking --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Indoor Location Tracking --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3 --- Motion Tracking --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Technology --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Motion Analysis Sensor Board --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussions --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Applications in Medical Care --- p.54 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2 --- Wearable Wireless Body Area Network --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Architecture --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Deployment Scenarios --- p.62 / Chapter 4.3 --- Application in Ambulatory Setting --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Method --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- The Software Architecture --- p.66 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusions and Future Work --- p.69 / References --- p.72 / Appendix --- p.78

by Leung Sze-wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-84). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.II / ABSTRACT --- p.III / 摘要 --- p.V / CONTENTS --- p.VI / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Objectives --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Prevalence of Heart Diseases --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- Importance of ECG Monitoring --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Wireless Electrode --- p.2 / Chapter 1.5 --- Analogue-to-Digital Converters --- p.3 / Chapter 1.6 --- Organization of Thesis --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Telemetry --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- "Definitions of ""Telemetry “" --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Advantages of Telemetry --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- History of Telemetry --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Special Considerations on Telemetry System --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Sigma-Delta Converter --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Conventional Digitizing Circuitry --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- "Single, Dual-Slope A/D Converters" --- p.13 / Single-Slope A/D Converter --- p.13 / Dual-Slope Converter --- p.75 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Successive Approximation (SAR) --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Flash Converters --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Sigma-Delta Converter --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3 --- Conclusion --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- WIRELESS ELECTRODE --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- """Single Electrode"" Measurement" --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- VSE (Virtual Single Electrode) --- p.21 / Concentric Electrode --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3 --- WE (Wireless Electrode) --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.29 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- SIGMA-DELTA CONVERTER FOR ECG SIGNALS --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Motivations --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Baseband Application --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Simulation Results --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Experimental Results --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- Wireless Application --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- General Description --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Simulation Results --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Scenario 1 (Analogue Decoding) --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Scenario II (Digital Decoding) --- p.73 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.76 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK --- p.77 / Chapter 5.1 --- General Conclus ion --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Future Work --- p.78 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.79 / LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --- p.85