Design of a wireless acquisition system for a digital stethoscope

Miller, Justin (2010) Design of a wireless acquisition system for a digital stethoscope. [USQ Project]

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Abstract

The auscultation of the heart with a stethoscope is one of the most common methods employed by physicians to diagnose cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses. Phonocardiography refers to the technique of acquiring and recording of heart sound signals. The emergence of teleheath and electronic stethoscope technology has opened new opportunities for rural and regional medical services including the remote screening of heart murmurs.
This dissertation investigates the design and implementation of a wireless data acquisition module to capture auscultation sounds from an electronic stethoscope, and sets the foundation for further research into the area of remote auscultation diagnosis and non-invasive techniques for diagnosing abnormalities.
Methods to detect activity in the signal are evaluated for the suppression of ambient noise and adaptive gain control. Several well known noise reduction techniques for signals acquired from a single source are studied and evaluated. A PI controller is developed to control the gain of the input stage to account for attenuation of the heart and respiratory sounds caused by volume effects (i.e. absorption) of the human body.
The acquisition module is controlled by a 16bit dsPic digital signal controller which samples auscultation signals from a digital stethoscope and streams the auscultation signals to the host over a wireless Bluetooth connection. The signal and power supply is isolated for compliance with the international standards for medical devices (IEC 60601-1). A Windows application incorporating a Bluetooth client was developed to receive incoming data packets from the acquisition module and display the signal graphically.

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Item Type:	USQ Project
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) project.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Supervisors:	Leis, John
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2011 06:43
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2019 05:41
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stethoscope; electronic stethoscope; medical devices; healthcare; wireless technology
Fields of Research (2008):	08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0805 Distributed Computing > 080502 Mobile Technologies 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111711 Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance) 09 Engineering > 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering > 090601 Circuits and Systems 10 Technology > 1005 Communications Technologies > 100510 Wireless Communications
Fields of Research (2020):	46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 4606 Distributed computing and systems software > 460608 Mobile computing 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420399 Health services and systems not elsewhere classified 40 ENGINEERING > 4008 Electrical engineering > 400801 Circuits and systems 40 ENGINEERING > 4006 Communications engineering > 400608 Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
URI:	https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/18793

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