"A cell phone can send a signal to our supercomputer that will process the data and give a more extensive diagnosis. This system is designed for public at large. When you are in an area not covered by a mobile phone network, your smartphone will still be able to detect an emergency situation. And if you need an in-depth diagnosis, you can later send the signal from your cell phone to the supercomputer," the developers say.
The device can work either independently or in connection with a smartphone, it can also transfer the data to a supercomputer. The whole procedure - receiving the data and transferring them to experts - can take about 10 seconds. The data taken by home cardiographs are transmitted not only to smartphones, but also to supercomputers that can be installed in a hospital or at a specialized call center operating around the clock.
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"Doctors at the remote cardiac monitoring center will be able to analyze cardiograms in real time and, if necessary, call an ambulance, contact local cardiovascular medical centers and so on. The "CyberHeart" system also includes cardiographic equipment of some famous brands like Schiller, "NIMP ESN". We have our own information system, which is integrated with the all-Russian unified medical information system E-GIS," comments one of the system's developers Alexander Nikolsky, who is a cardiovascular surgeon at the city hospital No.5.
According to the researchers, the accuracy of their portable electrocardiograph amounts to 95%, while one of the best cardiographs made in Switzerland gives only 80% of correct diagnoses. Currently, two systems with electrocardiographs and supercomputers are operating in a large hospital and at the cardiac center of Nizhny Novgorod, and a special cardiology lab has been set up at Lobachevsky University.
The "CyberHeart" includes methods for reconstructing and modeling heart activity. It provides for an in-depth analysis of the cardiogram, which is based not only on the data of the cardiogram itself, but also on the results of echocardiography, MRI and CT of the heart. Thus, heterogeneous medical data can be additionally loaded into the system for analysis.
Once the entire system is certified (which is expected by the end of 2018), it will be possible to launch mass production.
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