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Wireless body sensor networks for health-monitoring applications
This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in
Physiological Measurement. The publisher is
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Vital signs monitoring and management using mobile devices
Constant breakthroughs in medical sensor technology
and mobile devices fields, combined with growing wireless
communication capabilities, have made possible the emergence of
new health monitoring paradigms. The ever-increasing features
of PDAs and smartphones make them a vital component in
innovative health monitoring systems. In this paper, we introduce
a handset mobile monitoring and management system, developed
as complement to a complete vital signs monitoring project
(MOHLL). The main purpose of this system is to provide
physicians with real-time visualization of the patients’ vital
parameters, namely the ECG trace, heart rate, and body
temperature, through an Internet-connected PDA.Clinical and financial support for the case-study has been provided by Grupo AMI - Assistencia Medica Integral (Casa de Saude de Guimaraes, SA), Portugal, under the partnership established between this healthcare company and the University of Minho
Mobile Health Care over 3G Networks: the MobiHealth Pilot System and Service
Health care is one of the most prominent areas for the application of wireless technologies. New services and applications are today under research and development targeting different areas of health care, from high risk and chronic patients’ remote monitoring to mobility tools for the medical personnel. In this direction the MobiHealth project developed and trailed a system and a service that is using UMTS for the continuous monitoring and transmission of vital signals, like Pulse Oximeter sensor , temperature, Marker, Respiratory band, motion/activity detector etc., to the hospital. The system, based on the concept of the Body Area Network, is highly customisable, allowing sensors to be seamlessly connected and transmit the monitored vital signal measurements. The system and service was trialed in 4 European countries and it is presently under market validation
A Wireless Monitoring System for Pulse-oximetry Sensors
This paper presents a wireless medical monitoring
system. The system permits to receive and process in a
single concentrator node (e.g. a laptop or a simple
handheld device) the pulse-oximetry signals from one
ore several monitored patients without using any
wired infrastructure. The system, which is based on a
piconet of Bluetooth sensors, can retransmit the
medical signals by WLAN and GPRS.
The paper describes the practical application
scenarios in which this type of systems could be of
great utility.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TIC2003- 07953-C02-0
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Security Issues in Healthcare Applications Using Wireless Medical Sensor Networks: A Survey
Healthcare applications are considered as promising fields for wireless sensor networks, where patients can be monitored using wireless medical sensor networks (WMSNs). Current WMSN healthcare research trends focus on patient reliable communication, patient mobility, and energy-efficient routing, as a few examples. However, deploying new technologies in healthcare applications without considering security makes patient privacy vulnerable. Moreover, the physiological data of an individual are highly sensitive. Therefore, security is a paramount requirement of healthcare applications, especially in the case of patient privacy, if the patient has an embarrassing disease. This paper discusses the security and privacy issues in healthcare application using WMSNs. We highlight some popular healthcare projects using wireless medical sensor networks, and discuss their security. Our aim is to instigate discussion on these critical issues since the success of healthcare application depends directly on patient security and privacy, for ethic as well as legal reasons. In addition, we discuss the issues with existing security mechanisms, and sketch out the important security requirements for such applications. In addition, the paper reviews existing schemes that have been recently proposed to provide security solutions in wireless healthcare scenarios. Finally, the paper ends up with a summary of open security research issues that need to be explored for future healthcare applications using WMSNs
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