Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6048
J. Rumiński, Tomasz Kocejko, A. Bujnowski, J. Wtorek
Health monitoring at home could be an important element of care and support environment for older people. Diversity of diseases and different needs of users require universal design of a home platform. In this work the design of multimodal platform for communication, training and patient monitoring at home is presented and discussed. Two specific problems were investigated: visually guided human-computer interface for immobilized users and GSM-based module for user's home environment monitoring. Results of the camera based eye tracking system shown accepted hit accuracy with longer action time in comparison to traditional mouse. However, user training can highly improve the results. Possible extensions of the tracking and monitoring system are presented.
{"title":"Multimodal platform for communication, training and health monitoring at home","authors":"J. Rumiński, Tomasz Kocejko, A. Bujnowski, J. Wtorek","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6048","url":null,"abstract":"Health monitoring at home could be an important element of care and support environment for older people. Diversity of diseases and different needs of users require universal design of a home platform. In this work the design of multimodal platform for communication, training and patient monitoring at home is presented and discussed. Two specific problems were investigated: visually guided human-computer interface for immobilized users and GSM-based module for user's home environment monitoring. Results of the camera based eye tracking system shown accepted hit accuracy with longer action time in comparison to traditional mouse. However, user training can highly improve the results. Possible extensions of the tracking and monitoring system are presented.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122751025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6083
Jakob Justesen, Søren Christian Madsen
Recent miniaturization of ECG sensors and other health monitoring systems potentially allowing remote monitoring of certain diseases in the patients own home. Exploiting the full potential of this technology poses several design challenges for both the miniaturized ECG sensor, as well as the required infrastructure for data transport, storage and diagnosis. This paper proposes an ECG sensor prototype allowing experimentation on sensor technology and signal processing as well as infrastructure. The prototype is based on the Blackfin processor from Analog Devices, and uses Bluetooth for wireless communication.
{"title":"Wearable wireless ECG monitoring hardware prototype for use in patients own home","authors":"Jakob Justesen, Søren Christian Madsen","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6083","url":null,"abstract":"Recent miniaturization of ECG sensors and other health monitoring systems potentially allowing remote monitoring of certain diseases in the patients own home. Exploiting the full potential of this technology poses several design challenges for both the miniaturized ECG sensor, as well as the required infrastructure for data transport, storage and diagnosis. This paper proposes an ECG sensor prototype allowing experimentation on sensor technology and signal processing as well as infrastructure. The prototype is based on the Blackfin processor from Analog Devices, and uses Bluetooth for wireless communication.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131569709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5982
A. Prayati, F. Kerasiotis, C. Antonopoulos, S. Giannoulis, T. Stoyanova, G. Papadopoulos
As wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being developed for a wide range of application fields of real-time monitoring and control, a design overview seems important so as to investigate alternative communication aspects while treating the WSN as a whole system. As applications become more demanding the need to consider also deployment constraints and application particularities on top of the commonly used network factors, leads to new integrated design methodologies for addressing all complexity degrees of such systems. In this paper, problems concerning the design aspect of today's WSN applications are presented, which are reasoned to multiple impact factors, to accent design directions and options.
{"title":"An overview of development problems in WSNs","authors":"A. Prayati, F. Kerasiotis, C. Antonopoulos, S. Giannoulis, T. Stoyanova, G. Papadopoulos","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5982","url":null,"abstract":"As wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being developed for a wide range of application fields of real-time monitoring and control, a design overview seems important so as to investigate alternative communication aspects while treating the WSN as a whole system. As applications become more demanding the need to consider also deployment constraints and application particularities on top of the commonly used network factors, leads to new integrated design methodologies for addressing all complexity degrees of such systems. In this paper, problems concerning the design aspect of today's WSN applications are presented, which are reasoned to multiple impact factors, to accent design directions and options.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131932529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5854
M. Morón, R. Luque, A. Gómez-Jaime, E. Casilari-Pérez, A. Estrella
This paper presents a prototype developed in Python of a pervasive mobile health system aimed at monitoring a patient in indoor and outdoor environments continuously. The system is based on a Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network), worn by the patient, whose master node, a smartphone, collects information about patient's location and health status and detects emergency situations. These data are sent to a central server through Wi-Fi or GPRS/UMTS, which allows physicians to get access to patient data and configure the PAN sensors remotely using a conventional web browser.
{"title":"Prototyping of a remote monitoring system for a medical Personal Area Network using Python","authors":"M. Morón, R. Luque, A. Gómez-Jaime, E. Casilari-Pérez, A. Estrella","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5854","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a prototype developed in Python of a pervasive mobile health system aimed at monitoring a patient in indoor and outdoor environments continuously. The system is based on a Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network), worn by the patient, whose master node, a smartphone, collects information about patient's location and health status and detects emergency situations. These data are sent to a central server through Wi-Fi or GPRS/UMTS, which allows physicians to get access to patient data and configure the PAN sensors remotely using a conventional web browser.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127613030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5957
S. Coyle, D. Morris, K. Lau, D. Diamond, F. Francesco, N. Taccini, M. Trivella, D. Costanzo, P. Salvo, Jacques-André Porchet, J. Luprano
Sweat analysis can provide a valuable insight into a persons well-being. Here we present wearable textile-based sensors that can provide real-time information regarding sweat activity. A pH sensitive dye incorporated into a fabric fluidic system is used to determine sweat pH. To detect the onset of sweat activity a sweat rate sensor is incorporated into a textile substrate. The sensors are integrated into a waistband and controlled by a central unit with wireless connectivity. The use of such sensors for sweat analysis may provide valuable physiological information for applications in sports performance and also in healthcare.
{"title":"Textile sensors to measure sweat pH and sweat-rate during exercise","authors":"S. Coyle, D. Morris, K. Lau, D. Diamond, F. Francesco, N. Taccini, M. Trivella, D. Costanzo, P. Salvo, Jacques-André Porchet, J. Luprano","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5957","url":null,"abstract":"Sweat analysis can provide a valuable insight into a persons well-being. Here we present wearable textile-based sensors that can provide real-time information regarding sweat activity. A pH sensitive dye incorporated into a fabric fluidic system is used to determine sweat pH. To detect the onset of sweat activity a sweat rate sensor is incorporated into a textile substrate. The sensors are integrated into a waistband and controlled by a central unit with wireless connectivity. The use of such sensors for sweat analysis may provide valuable physiological information for applications in sports performance and also in healthcare.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134407131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5985
Agnius Liutkevičius, Arunas Vrubliauskas, E. Kazanavicius, A. Prayati
As wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are adopted more and more in every day life applications, their interconnection to external networks and infrastructures become mandatory for increasing the usability and flexibility especially in healthcare application scenarios. This paper presents techniques, mechanisms and devices that provide the WSN under study the ability to connect to external networks in an efficient way transparently to the end user.
{"title":"μSWN interconnection to external networks for healthcare applications","authors":"Agnius Liutkevičius, Arunas Vrubliauskas, E. Kazanavicius, A. Prayati","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5985","url":null,"abstract":"As wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are adopted more and more in every day life applications, their interconnection to external networks and infrastructures become mandatory for increasing the usability and flexibility especially in healthcare application scenarios. This paper presents techniques, mechanisms and devices that provide the WSN under study the ability to connect to external networks in an efficient way transparently to the end user.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134465170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6058
Alessandro Copetti, O. Loques, J. Leite, Thais P. C. Barbosa, A. Nóbrega
We present a decision-level data fusion technique for monitoring and reporting critical health conditions of a hypertensive patient at home. Variables associated to the patient (physiological and behavioral) and to the living environment are considered in the solution, contributing to improve the confidence on the system outputs. In the paper, we model the problem variables as fuzzy, aiming to capture their intrinsic essence, and draw rules based on medical recommendations to identify the health condition of the patient. This initiative move towards to build an abstract framework for context-aware telemonitoring applications. We also describe the relevant components of the framework and provide an initial evaluation of its decision component. Our results demonstrate that a principled choice of rules and variables may lead to a consistent identification of critical patient's conditions.
{"title":"Intelligent context-aware monitoring of hypertensive patients","authors":"Alessandro Copetti, O. Loques, J. Leite, Thais P. C. Barbosa, A. Nóbrega","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6058","url":null,"abstract":"We present a decision-level data fusion technique for monitoring and reporting critical health conditions of a hypertensive patient at home. Variables associated to the patient (physiological and behavioral) and to the living environment are considered in the solution, contributing to improve the confidence on the system outputs. In the paper, we model the problem variables as fuzzy, aiming to capture their intrinsic essence, and draw rules based on medical recommendations to identify the health condition of the patient. This initiative move towards to build an abstract framework for context-aware telemonitoring applications. We also describe the relevant components of the framework and provide an initial evaluation of its decision component. Our results demonstrate that a principled choice of rules and variables may lead to a consistent identification of critical patient's conditions.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"1 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133579123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5980
N. Caporusso, I. Lasorsa, O. Rinaldi, L. L. Pietra
In the present work, we introduce Fallarm, a pervasive fall prevention solution suitable for hospitals and care facilities, as well as for home settings. We applied a multifaceted intervention strategy based on closed-loop information exchange between proactive and reactive methods: comprehensive assessment protocols determine the individuals' risk of falling; an innovative device continuously monitors subjects' activities, and it provides patients with constant feedback about their actual risk. Thus, it increases their awareness; simultaneously, it realizes measures to prevent adverse events, and it reports any incident and aims to reduce the level of injury. As a result, our solution offers a comprehensive strategy for the remote management of a person's risk of falling 24 hours a day, enabling many vulnerable people to remain living independently. In this paper, we detail the architecture of our system, and we discuss the results of an experimental study we conducted to demonstrate the applicability of Fallarm in both clinical and home settings.
{"title":"A pervasive solution for risk awareness in the context of fall prevention","authors":"N. Caporusso, I. Lasorsa, O. Rinaldi, L. L. Pietra","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5980","url":null,"abstract":"In the present work, we introduce Fallarm, a pervasive fall prevention solution suitable for hospitals and care facilities, as well as for home settings. We applied a multifaceted intervention strategy based on closed-loop information exchange between proactive and reactive methods: comprehensive assessment protocols determine the individuals' risk of falling; an innovative device continuously monitors subjects' activities, and it provides patients with constant feedback about their actual risk. Thus, it increases their awareness; simultaneously, it realizes measures to prevent adverse events, and it reports any incident and aims to reduce the level of injury. As a result, our solution offers a comprehensive strategy for the remote management of a person's risk of falling 24 hours a day, enabling many vulnerable people to remain living independently. In this paper, we detail the architecture of our system, and we discuss the results of an experimental study we conducted to demonstrate the applicability of Fallarm in both clinical and home settings.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"281 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133911375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6062
Y. T. Yang
Telehomecare technologies are applications designed to be used in patients' personal living spaces ranging from private homes to assisted-living facilities. The goal of these technologies is to help physically and/or mentally vulnerable people live more safely, more capably, and longer in their location of choice. The technologies support a person's ability to conduct normal activities of daily living and maintain well-being. This is usually accomplished by integrating the technologies into the home environment, thereby creating a homecare that proactively monitors and reports undesirable events. The technologies focus on disease management and the monitoring of physiologic data for aberrant indicators necessitating clinical treatment.
{"title":"Establishingethical guidelines for telehomecareresearch on chronic diseases","authors":"Y. T. Yang","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6062","url":null,"abstract":"Telehomecare technologies are applications designed to be used in patients' personal living spaces ranging from private homes to assisted-living facilities. The goal of these technologies is to help physically and/or mentally vulnerable people live more safely, more capably, and longer in their location of choice. The technologies support a person's ability to conduct normal activities of daily living and maintain well-being. This is usually accomplished by integrating the technologies into the home environment, thereby creating a homecare that proactively monitors and reports undesirable events. The technologies focus on disease management and the monitoring of physiologic data for aberrant indicators necessitating clinical treatment.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133255791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5945
B. Zhen, Minseok Kim, J. Takada, R. Kohno
On-body communication channels are of increasing interest as more and more wireless devices are wearable in medical, military, and personal communication applications. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the dynamic feature of on-body channel due to the movement of human body. Statistical analyses, including level crossing rate, fading duration, and fading interval were conducted. Based on the analyses, a three-state Fritchman model that considers the channel dwelling time is proposed to describe the dynamic characteristic of on-body channel. The channel is classified as unstable good state, constant good state, and bad state. The parameters of the Fritchman model are estimated from the measured data.
{"title":"Characterization and modeling of dynamic on-body propagation","authors":"B. Zhen, Minseok Kim, J. Takada, R. Kohno","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5945","url":null,"abstract":"On-body communication channels are of increasing interest as more and more wireless devices are wearable in medical, military, and personal communication applications. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the dynamic feature of on-body channel due to the movement of human body. Statistical analyses, including level crossing rate, fading duration, and fading interval were conducted. Based on the analyses, a three-state Fritchman model that considers the channel dwelling time is proposed to describe the dynamic characteristic of on-body channel. The channel is classified as unstable good state, constant good state, and bad state. The parameters of the Fritchman model are estimated from the measured data.","PeriodicalId":199517,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121917885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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