Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications
Telehealth systems benefit from the rapid growth of mobile communication technology for measuring physiological signals. Development and validation of a tablet PC enabled noninvasive body sensor system for rural telehealth application are discussed in this paper. This system includes real time conti...
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| description | Telehealth systems benefit from the rapid growth of mobile communication technology for measuring physiological signals. Development and validation of a tablet PC enabled noninvasive body sensor system for rural telehealth application are discussed in this paper. This system includes real time continuous collection of physiological parameters (blood pressure, pulse rate, and temperature) and fall detection of a patient with the help of a body sensor unit and wireless transmission of the acquired information to a tablet PC handled by the medical staff in a Primary Health Center (PHC). Abnormal conditions are automatically identified and alert messages are given to the medical officer in real time. Clinical validation is performed in a real environment and found to be successful. Bland-Altman analysis is carried out to validate the wrist blood pressure sensor used. The system works well for all measurements. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0877b75b28a049adb210f100e114ead72025-02-03T01:27:31ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232016-01-01201610.1155/2016/57479615747961Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth ApplicationsNitha V. Panicker0A. Sukesh Kumar1Department of ECE, College of Engineering, Trivandrum 695016, IndiaDepartment of ECE, College of Engineering, Trivandrum 695016, IndiaTelehealth systems benefit from the rapid growth of mobile communication technology for measuring physiological signals. Development and validation of a tablet PC enabled noninvasive body sensor system for rural telehealth application are discussed in this paper. This system includes real time continuous collection of physiological parameters (blood pressure, pulse rate, and temperature) and fall detection of a patient with the help of a body sensor unit and wireless transmission of the acquired information to a tablet PC handled by the medical staff in a Primary Health Center (PHC). Abnormal conditions are automatically identified and alert messages are given to the medical officer in real time. Clinical validation is performed in a real environment and found to be successful. Bland-Altman analysis is carried out to validate the wrist blood pressure sensor used. The system works well for all measurements.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5747961 |
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| title | Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications |
| title_full | Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications |
| title_fullStr | Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications |
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| title_short | Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications |
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