DocumentCode
186686
Title
Development of the portable blood flow measurement system for the elderly
Author
Min-Chul Lee ; Mori, Takayoshi ; Konishi, Naoki
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci. & Electron., Kyusyu Inst. of Technol., Iizuka, Japan
fYear
2014
fDate
22-24 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
552
Lastpage
554
Abstract
We developed a portable blood flow measurement system for the elderly to determine their health conditions. This system captures images and converts them into numbers using the laser speckle phenomenon. The measurement system includes a microcontroller, line sensor, laser unit, lens, and liquid crystal display unit. In addition, we experimented by measuring blood flow before and after exercise, to objectively determine the effect of exercise, and determine the patients´ health condition.
Keywords
blood flow measurement; geriatrics; laser applications in medicine; lenses; liquid crystal displays; microcontrollers; sensors; elder patient; exercise; laser speckle phenomenon; laser unit; lens; line sensor; liquid crystal display unit; microcontroller; patient health condition; portable blood flow measurement system; Blood flow; Fluid flow measurement; Lenses; Measurement by laser beam; Senior citizens; Skin; Speckle; biometric information; laser speckle; medical information;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Busan
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTC.2014.6983208
Filename
6983208
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