Title of article :
A STUDY ON HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
Author/Authors :
ARSHAD, ATIKA International Islamic University Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Malaysia , KHAN, SHEROZ International Islamic University Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Malaysia , ALAM, AHM ZAHIRUL International Islamic University Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Malaysia , AHMAD, FADZIL ISMAIL International Islamic University Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Malaysia , TASNIM, RUMANA International Islamic University Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
A proliferating interest has been observed over the past years in the development of an accurate system for monitoring continuous human activities in the health care sectors, especially for the elderly. This paper conducts a survey of the various techniques and methods that are proposed to monitor the movements and activities of the elderly people. These techniques promise a useful and dependable detection system to give support and lessen the medical expenses of health care for the elderly. The detection approaches are divided into five main categories: wearable device based, wireless based, ambience device based, vision based and floor sensor / electric field sensors based. These techniques have focused on the pros and cons of the existing methods for recognizing the prospective scope of research in the domain of health monitoring systems. Apart from highlighting and analyzing the features of the existing techniques, perspectives on probable future studies have been detailed.
Keywords :
health monitoring , elderly , wearable device , wireless device , ambience device, vision analysis , floor sensors
Journal title :
IIUM Engineering Journal
Journal title :
IIUM Engineering Journal
