Fetus Heart Rate Monitoring: A Preliminary Research Study With Remote Sensing
Anastasios G. Skrivanos, Evangelia I. Kosma, Spyridon K. Chronopoulos, Ioannis Kouretas, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Γεώργιος Πετράκος, Elena Alhazidou, Vasilis Christofilakis, Nafsika Ziavra, Kostas P. Peppas, Eugenia I. Toki
Abstract
Currently, hospitals and health care sectors employ low-cost Internet of Things based remote health monitoring systems and labs in order to collect a subject's or patients’ real-time data. Such a process can be helpful for the early detection of a healthy newborn life and of critical importance for the survival of these lives. In this article, a preliminary implementation of a system monitoring the fetus heart rate (FHR) has been designed and implemented as a mobile wearable measuring system with remote sensing. The proposed implementation turns out to be an efficient combination of simplicity and cost effectiveness and is accompanied with preliminary accurate measurements of the FHR. The proposed system uses a transceiver module and is capable of efficient data transmission to a remote server station using a IEEE 802.11 b/g/n based wireless network. The patients’ data can further be monitored using a smart or satellite phone, or even any well-known internet browser connected to the specific network, thus complying with the health safety distance measures required due to various situations, including that of the COVID-19 pandemic.