Title :
The potential of Internet of m-health Things “m-IoT” for non-invasive glucose level sensing
Author :
Istepanian, R.S.H. ; Hu, S. ; Philip, N.Y. ; Sungoor, A.
Author_Institution :
Mobile Inf. & Network Technol. Centre, Kingston Univ., Kingston upon Thames, UK
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
An amalgamated concept of Internet of m-health Things (m-IoT) has been introduced recently and defined as a new concept that matches the functionalities of m-health and IoT for a new and innovative future (4G health) applications. It is well know that diabetes is a major chronic disease problem worldwide with major economic and social impact. To-date there have not been any studies that address the potential of m-IoT for non-invasive glucose level sensing with advanced opto-physiological assessment technique and diabetes management. In this paper we address the potential benefits of using m-IoT in non-invasive glucose level sensing and the potential m-IoT based architecture for diabetes management. We expect to achieve intelligent identification and management in a heterogeneous connectivity environment from the mobile healthcare perspective. Furthermore this technology will enable new communication connectivity routes between mobile patients and care services through innovative IP based networking architectures.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; biomedical equipment; diseases; health care; mobile computing; patient care; Internet; chronic disease; communication connectivity; diabetes management; heterogeneous connectivity environment; innovative IP based networking architectures; intelligent identification; m-IoT based architecture; m-health thing; mobile healthcare perspective; mobile patients; noninvasive glucose level sensing; opto-physiological assessment technique; Diabetes; Protocols; Real time systems; Sensor systems; Sugar; Blood Glucose; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feasibility Studies; Humans; Internet; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091302