Portable data acquisition system for EKG measurements in marine environments

M. Rodríguez; A. Ayala; F. Rosa; F. Herrera; S. Rodríguez; M. Díaz-González

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Portable data acquisition system for EKG measurements in marine environments

M. Rodríguez, A. Ayala, F. Rosa, F. Herrera, S. Rodríguez, M. Díaz-González

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In the present paper, an electronic prototype designed to acquire electrocardiographic signals from marine mammals has been developed. The system consists of a portable device that allows the on-line acquisition of EKG signals through a parallel port interface that is connected to a laptop computer. The EKG waveform, the voltage level, the bandwidth and the most relevant information from this type of signals is stored and analysed under real-time conditions by means of specifically implemented software. The whole system has been successfully tested to obtain the EKG from captive dolphins. The characteristics of the equipment presented here, with its low cost, size and energy requirements accomplish a portable system suitable for the acquisition of this type of signals in conductive media such as the seawater. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-152
Number of pages	8
Journal	Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume	62
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00054-7
State	Published - Apr 14 2000
Externally published	Yes

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The invaluable support of the Loro Parque, its veterinary staff, dolphin trainers and the dolphins themselves, without whom this work could not have been performed, is gratefully acknowledged. This study was supported by a University of La Laguna grant.

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University of La Laguna

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