• 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