Title :
Location-aware system for wearable physiological monitoring within hospital facilities
Author :
Lopez, Gregorio ; Custodio, Victor ; Moreno, Jose Ignacio
Author_Institution :
Depto. Ing. Telematica, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain
Abstract :
This paper describes a medical IT platform based on Wireless Sensor Networks and e-textile which supports indoor location-aware services as well as monitoring physiological parameters, such as ECG, heart rate, body temperature, etc., from a group of patients within hospital facilities. The paper presents the architecture, system deployment and validation results based on local test as well as on a pilot scheme developed with real users in collaboration with the Cardiology Unit at La Paz Hospital in Madrid (Spain).
Keywords :
biomedical communication; health care; hospitals; indoor radio; mobility management (mobile radio); patient monitoring; textiles; wireless sensor networks; cardiology unit; collaboration; e-textile; hospital facilities; indoor services; location aware system; patient monitoring; pilot scheme; wearable physiological monitoring; wireless sensor networks; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Monitoring; Temperature measurement; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; Indoor Location; Medical ICT Applications; Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN); e-Textile;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Instanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8017-3
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2010.5671779
