Fertility information appliance

Author

Ngalamou, Lucien ; Rose, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

338

Abstract

Fertility awareness or natural family planning has been used successfully since the 1930s to predict a woman´s fertile days. These natural methods are based on the fact that fertilization is most likely to occur around the time of ovulation. Intercourse is avoided during those times when a woman is fertile, thus preventing conception. In this paper, we present a fertility information appliance that combines ovulation, symptom-thermal and LH (luteinizing hormone) methods. The appliance is implemented using a neurofuzzy approach. The device has other features such as PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and TCP/IP implementation for e-mail and file transfer via a modem.

Keywords

electronic mail; fuzzy neural nets; gynaecology; medical information systems; telemedicine; transport protocols; PPP implementation; Point-to-Point Protocol; TCP/IP implementation; and file transfer; conception prevention; electronic mail; fertility awareness; fertility information appliance; fertilization; fuzzy logic; fuzzy neural networks; luteinizing hormone; modem; natural family planning; neurofuzzy approach; of ovulation; sexual intercourse avoidance; symptom-thermal method; Biochemistry; Blood; Communication system control; Home appliances; Physics; Pituitary gland; Pregnancy; Protocols; TCPIP; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2002. (CBMS 2002). Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on

ISSN

1063-7125

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1614-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.2002.1011400

Filename

1011400