Takuji Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, S. Minami, H. Yamada, T. Miyata
{"title":"Wearable wireless vital monitoring technology for smart health care","authors":"Takuji Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, S. Minami, H. Yamada, T. Miyata","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521687","url":null,"abstract":"Smart health care, that measures users' living conditions and health status using small sensing devices and collecting their data over a network under daily life, is expected as a new trend. It is getting paid more attention along with the increase of demands of preventive care. In this paper, vital data rates and the amount of the data accumulation in a variety of smart health care use cases are discussed. Then, the relationship between the use cases and possible applications of short-range wireless systems is discussed. Finally, our developed patch type wearable vital monitoring device that multiple numbers of vital sensors, a high performance processor and a dual mode Bluetooth transceiver are integrated into a 14.5×14.5mm module is introduced.","PeriodicalId":387991,"journal":{"name":"2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126655073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transmission characteristics between in-body and on-body transceivers using mhz-band near-field coupling technology","authors":"K. Nagata, Y. Kado","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521702","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a technology for megahertz-band near field coupling communication using a communication path between a transceiver (TRX) on the surface of the human body (Wearable TRX) and a TRX embedded in the environment (Embedded TRX). We embedded a transceiver (In-body TRX) in a phantom that had the same electrical properties as those of the human body to apply this technology to the healthcare and medical fields. Reducing electrode size and power consumption is a key issue to make small In-body TRXs. We evaluated the quality of transmission by using packet error rate (PER) measurements between the In-body TRX and the Wearable TRX and focused on the dependence of PER on the types of electrodes and output voltages. We present the PER characteristics and describe a basic method of design to reduce the size of the In-body TRX.","PeriodicalId":387991,"journal":{"name":"2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126940464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jetsada Arnil, D. Anopas, M. Horapong, K. Luangrat, Yunyong Punsawad, Y. W. Ongsawat
{"title":"Bci-based assistive robot arm","authors":"Jetsada Arnil, D. Anopas, M. Horapong, K. Luangrat, Yunyong Punsawad, Y. W. Ongsawat","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521730","url":null,"abstract":"People who lost their limbs by injury or congenital missing need prosthesis to replace the missing body part to assist or enhance the motor ability or for cosmetic purpose. In this paper, brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is proposed to assist the person with disability who has no arm. The proposed system includes two BCI algorithms, i.e. ERD/ERS algorithm and hybrid EEG-EOG algorithm. The designed assistive robot arm is light weight, low power consumption, user friendly and pleasing aesthetic. The ERD/ERS algorithm can achieve the accuracy of approximately 66% with 3 commands. Moreover, the accuracy of the hybrid EEG-EOG algorithm yields nearly 96%.","PeriodicalId":387991,"journal":{"name":"2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116532227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Takuto Hanawa, Paomin Chen, T. Toda, Kazunobu Fujita, Naoko Ideguchi
{"title":"A simple web-based image database system for facilitating medical care in dermatological clinics","authors":"Takuto Hanawa, Paomin Chen, T. Toda, Kazunobu Fujita, Naoko Ideguchi","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521738","url":null,"abstract":"In Japan, electronic health record systems are gradually becoming popular at large hospitals, but are not yet frequently implemented in clinics. This is due to both prohibitive costs and a lack of interest in checking electronic health records on the part of patients. Doctors also may be opposed to showing patients their health records, as it then may require a doctor to let patients observe images to check for improvement of symptoms at follow-up. In this study, we developed a database system of dermatological images accessible to both doctors and patients. In this system, doctors can photograph affected skin areas and tag the images with keywords, such as patient ID or name, disease or prescriptions, symptoms, affected bodily regions and free wards. The images and keyword tags are transmitted to a database housed on an Internet server. We implemented this system on a smartphone for quick and easy access during medical examination and on a tablet terminal for patients to use while waiting in the clinic. Using the tablet terminal, a doctor and patient may check for improvement of symptoms together.","PeriodicalId":387991,"journal":{"name":"2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131874368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}