DocumentCode
3066923
Title
Energy efficient simulator for patient monitoring in Body Sensor Networks
Author
Sene, Iwens G., Jr. ; Da Rocha, Adson F. ; de A.Barbosa, Talles M.G. ; de O.Nascimento, Francisco A. ; Carvalho, Hervaldo S.
Author_Institution
Department of Computing, Catholic University of Goias, Goiania, GO 74605-110 Brazil
fYear
2008
fDate
20-25 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
1537
Lastpage
1540
Abstract
The medical tracking of patients carried out from a distance by means of wireless technology, incorporating various sensors simultaneously connected to the body of an individual, can promote health in suitable time. This article proposes a simulator for the monitoring of human health. This prototype simulates the workings of a BSN (Body Sensor Network) functioning as a sensor (electrophysiological signal) that is to be monitored, which utilizes a strategy based on the concept of data fusion. This tool incorporates a policy of economizing energy which has as its main objective increasing the operating time of the system.
Keywords
Biological system modeling; Biomedical monitoring; Body sensor networks; Energy efficiency; Humans; Medical simulation; Patient monitoring; Sensor fusion; Virtual prototyping; Wireless sensor networks; Body Sensor Network (BSN); policy for energy savings; remote monitoring; simulator of health monitoring; Computer Simulation; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649462
Filename
4649462
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