Monitoring the health of patients using a nodal potential map

Abstract

Purpose: The article presents the developed device and methods for monitoring the heart's condition using a nodal potential map. The proposal enables monitoring of the patient's health condition. Methods: Testing the heart's electrical activity in our device's case uses a "nodal potential map" BSPM (Body Surface Potential Mapping) technique. This is an extended version of the standard ECG measurement, which, instead of 12 leads, uses several dozen or even several hundred measurement electrodes placed in appropriate locations on the front and back of the chest. Results: The developed solution enables monitoring of heart function in a noninvasive way and is more precise than a standard ECG test. The collected measurements allowed us to determine the health and condition of the patient's heart—no anomalies were detected during its operation. Discussion: The next stage of work will be the development of machine learning algorithms trained on the measurements obtained from the vest. The results obtained so far indicate the potential of models classifying heart diseases.