ISSN:
1741-0444
Keywords:
Activity monitoring
;
Ambulatory monitoring
;
Skin thermometer
;
Solid-state recorder
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The development of a multichannel unconstrained memory system for monitoring physiological information is described. The system comprises a portable recorder, worn by the subject, to detect and store data in memory and a readout unit for transferring the data to a microcomputer. Using the microcomputer, the physiological data are displayed, retrieved and analysed. The portable recorder consists of a memory control unit, an instrumentation unit, an LCD timer and batteries. In the memory-control unit the data are transferred to EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory), which is a nonvolatile memory. This memory, removed from the protable recorder, can be delivered to the laboratory and its contents analysed without interrupting the field experiment. In connection with the instrumentation unit, an 8-channel skin thermometer was designed and tested. It was accurate to within ±0.08°C compared with a standard thermometer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02447700
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