Body Temperature and Electrocardiogram Monitoring Using an SMS-Based Telemedicine System

Author

Tahat, Ashraf A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Princess Sumaya Univ. for Technol., Amman

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A mobile monitoring system utilizing short message service with low-cost hardware equipment has been developed and implemented to enable transmission of the temperature and ECG signal of a patient. Communication between a mobile phone client and a remote smart-phone (or PDA) consultation/server unit is achieved through programming the client using attention commands (at-commands), and the protocol description unit (PDU) mode. The experimental setup can be operated for monitoring from anywhere covered by the Cellular (GSM) service by exchanging SMS messages with the remote mobile device. At the consultation unit, a dedicated application software is required to manage the follow of SMS messages from the mobile and display the temperature and ECG of the patient.

Keywords

biothermics; cellular radio; client-server systems; electrocardiography; electronic messaging; patient monitoring; protocols; telemedicine; GSM; SMS-based telemedicine system; attention command; body temperature; cellular service; electrocardiogram monitoring; low-cost hardware equipment; mobile monitoring system; mobile phone client; protocol description unit mode; remote smart-phone consultation unit; short message service; Electrocardiography; Hardware; Message service; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2009. ISWPC 2009. 4th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2965-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2966-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWPC.2009.4800571

Filename

4800571