A comprehensive survey on low-cost ECG acquisitionsystems:Advancesondesign specifications, challenges and future direction
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Avalability of low-cost,reliable,andportableElectrocardiography(ECG)devicesisstillvery
onanannualbasisglobally.ThisismoreprevalentinLowandMiddleIncomeCountries
CVDsareconfoundedbylatediagnosis,frequently,causedbylackofaccesstoornon
availabilityofbasicdiagnosticmodalitiessuchastheECG.Henceeffectivemitigationof
reliability,accuracyandenergyefficiency.Thispapertherefore,wasdevelopedtounder
theeffectofCVDsinLMICsdependonthedevelopmentofsuchdevicesatlow-costwith
(LMICs)wheretherearehugefinancialinstabilityandlackofcriticalinfrastructureand
CardiovascularDiseases(CVDs)remainaserioushealthburdenclaimingmillionsoflives
standthestateoftheartoflowcostECGacquisitionsystemswithrespecttodesignfea
turesandsystemcapabilitiesfordifferentusecases.Inaddition,differentdesignoptions
andtaxonomiesofavailablelowcostECGdevices,casestudiesreportsofefficacytests
importantinthemedicalworldtoday.Despitethetremendoustechnologicaladvancement,
supportservicesforthehealthcaresystem.Effortsaimedatreducingtheprevalenceof
have been provided. The paper proposes a generalised ECG framework and provides implementation challenges and open research directionsthatshouldbeconsideredwhendevel
opingsuchdevicesforpropermanagementofCVDs.