A Communication and Information Technology Infrastructure for Real Time Monitoring and Management of Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Author

Skevofilakas, M. ; Mougiakakou, S.G. ; Zarkogianni, K. ; Aslanoglou, E. ; Pavlopoulos, S.A. ; Vazeou, A. ; Bartsocas, C.S. ; Nikita, K.S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Zografos

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3685

Lastpage

3688

Abstract

This paper is focused on the integration of state-of-the-art technologies in the fields of telecommunications, simulation algorithms, and data mining in order to develop a type 1 diabetes patient´s semi to fully-automated monitoring and management system. The main components of the system are a glucose measurement device, an insulin delivery system (insulin injection or insulin pumps), a mobile phone for the GPRS network, and a PDA or laptop for the Internet. In the medical environment, appropriate infrastructure for storage, analysis and visualizing of patients´ data has been implemented to facilitate treatment design by health care experts.

Keywords

Internet; biomedical communication; biomedical measurement; data mining; diseases; medical computing; packet radio networks; patient monitoring; patient treatment; GPRS network; automated monitoring; communication infrastructure; data mining; glucose measurement device; information technology; insulin delivery system; patient management; real time patient monitoring; simulation algorithms; state-of-the-art technologies; treatment design; type 1 diabetes patients; Biomedical monitoring; Data mining; Diabetes; Ground penetrating radar; Information technology; Insulin; Mobile handsets; Patient monitoring; Sugar; Technology management; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Systems; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Greece; Humans; Insulin; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Telemedicine; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353131

Filename

4353131