Research Article

Multiobjective Design of Wearable Sensor Systems for Electrocardiogram Monitoring

Table 2

List of the frequently reported variables relating to each measuring principle for WMS design.

Hardware Processing Interaction

Size (volume) [7, 13, 28, 3035]Latency [12, 13]Skin irritation [8]

Weight [79, 12, 13, 28, 30, 31, 3335] Processing power and computational cost [16, 30, 32] Comfort, thermal aspects, heat dissipation [813, 30, 31, 33]

Electrical resistance [8, 30] Security and privacy [8, 30, 31] User Interface [11, 3032]

Stiffness and flexural endurance [8, 30]Communication channels, networking [7, 8, 13, 30, 31, 34]Weather [11, 30]

Fluid repellency [28, 40] Storage capacity and memory [7, 10] Need for survival and medical prescriptions [30, 4143]

Magnetic shielding and radiation concerns [8, 13, 28, 30] Dynamic voltage scaling techniques and power modes [16, 30] Aesthetics and form language [9, 12, 13, 30, 33, 35]

Stretchability [8, 30]Sensor resolution [13, 30]

Skin contact quality body fit [9, 11, 13, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 38]Sensitivity to changes in R-S interval [30, 39]

Sensor location and body placement [12, 30, 33, 38]Correlation and mutual information with reference signals [13, 28, 30]

Sensor rotation [30]Sampling rate/sampling frequency [16, 30]