Design of Bio-signal Acquisition and Transmission System for Ship Telemedicine

Lee, Geun-Sil; Jeong, Eun-Seok; Moon, Serng-Bae; Jun, Seung-Hwan

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2004;28(5):449-454.
Published online June 30, 2004.

선박 원격진료를 위한 생체신호 획득 및 전송시스템의 설계

이근실, 정은석, 문성배, 전승환

Design of Bio-signal Acquisition and Transmission System for Ship Telemedicine

Geun-Sil Lee, Eun-Seok Jeong, Serng-Bae Moon, Seung-Hwan Jun

Abstract

These days ships medical treatment is under unfavorable circumstances, because there is no professional doctor who can aiagnose and treat the patients accurately on the ships. Therefore, ship’s telemedicine should be urgently actualized to elevate the crew’s way of boarding life and welfare. A purpose of this research is to develope the telemedicine system which can acquire the patient’s informations like ECG and phonocardiogram used for the diagnosis and transmit those to the doctors of shore medical center. In this paper, we designed the communication part which could transmit the bio-signals acquired from the developed ship’s digital ECG and stethoscope based on personal computer by the INMARSAT. Also we inspected data errors through the comparison between the sent and received data. And we confirmed the possibility and compatibility of the telemedicine using ship’s communication system.

Key Words: Telemedicine;Electrocardiogram;Phonocardiogram;INMARSAT;Transmission