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Thingspeak-based respiratory rate streaming system for essential monitoring purposes

Jarjees Mohammed S., Ayoub Mohammed G., Farhan Mazin N., Qassim Hassan M.

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems

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2020

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Vol. 16, no. 3

art. no. 20200007

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Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are the most common disease worldwide. Asthma and sleep apnea are the most prevalent of pulmonary diseases. Patients with such chronic diseases require special care and continuous monitoring to avoid any respiratory deterioration. Therefore, the development of a dedicated and reliable sensor with the aid of modern technologies for measuring and monitoring respiratory parameters is very necessary nowadays. Objective: This study aims to develop a small and costeffective respiratory rate sensor. Methods: A microcontroller and communication technology (NodeMCU) with the ThingSpeak platform is used in the proposed system to view and process the respiratory rate data every 60 s. The total current consumption of the proposed sensor is about 120 mA. Four able-bodied participants were recruited to test and validate the developed system. Results: The results show that the developed sensor and the proposed system can be used to measure and monitor the respiratory rate. Conclusions: The demonstrated system showed applicable, repeatable, and acceptable results.

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A proposed algorithm for analysing heart sounds and calculating their time intervals

Eesee Abdulrahman K., Qassim Hassan M., Aziz Mothanna Sh.

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems

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2020

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Vol. 16, no. 1

art. no. 20190057

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Heart sounds play a crucial role in the clinical assessment of patients. Stethoscopes are used for detecting heart sounds and diagnosing potential abnormal conditions. However, several parameters of the cardiac sounds cannot be extracted by traditional stethoscopes. This paper presents a proposed algorithm based on peaks detection. Besides its ability of filtering the heart sounds signals, the time intervals of these sounds in addition to the heart rate were calculated by the proposed algorithm in an efficient way. Signals of the heart sounds from two sources were used to evaluate the efficiency of the algorithm. The first source was the data recorded from 14 participants, whereas the second source was the free data set sponsored by PASCAL. The algorithm showed different performance accuracy for detecting the main heart sounds based on the source of the data used in the study. The accuracy was 93.6% when using the data recorded from the first source, whereas it was 76.194% for the data of the second source.

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Controlling a motorized electric wheelchair based on face tilting

Qassim Hassan M., Eesee Abdulrahman K., Osman Omar T., Jarjees Mohammed S.

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems

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2019

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Vol. 15, no. 4

art. no. 20190033

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Disability, specifically impaired upper and/or lower limbs, has a direct impact on the patients’ quality of life. Nowadays, motorized wheelchairs supported by a mobility-aided technique have been devised to improve the quality of life of these patients by increasing their independence. This study aims to present a platform to control a motorized wheelchair based on face tilting. A real-time tracking system of face tilting using a webcam and a microcontroller circuit has been designed and implemented. The designed system is dedicated to control the movement directions of the motorized wheelchair. Four commands were adequate to perform the required movements for the motorized wheelchair (forward, right, and left, as well as stopping status). The platform showed an excellent performance regarding controlling the motorized wheelchair using face tilting, and the position of the eyes was shown as the most useful face feature to track face tilting.