Development of Ship' s Digital ECG and Stethoscope Based on PC

Lee, Geun-Sil; Moon, Serng-Bae

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2004;28(3):239-245.
Published online April 30, 2004.

PC를 기반으로 한 선박용 디지털 심전도 및 청진기 개발

이근실, 문성배

Development of Ship' s Digital ECG and Stethoscope Based on PC

Geun-Sil Lee, Serng-Bae Moon

Abstract

Electrocardiogram and phonocardiogram acquired from ECG and stethoscope by a non-invasive method are bio-signals which have been a great role in patients diagnosis and used extensively by doctors. And these are mainly used at the examination room or fist-aid room of hospital. When the patients are located at some places far away from hospital like a car, an airplane and a vessel under way, there are some difficulties in confirming their cardiac sound. Especially the patient of ocean going vessel might not have a medical treatment from the professional doctor at times. In this paper, we developed the digital ECG and stethoscope system based on personal computer which can easily measure the patient’s cardiac sound and ECG signal, and this might shorten the appearance of the remote maritime telemedicine.

Key Words: Electrocardiogram;Phonocardiogram;Stethoscope;Bio-signal;Telemedicine