M. Virk, R. Vuohtoniemi, M. Hämäläinen, J. Iinatti, Juha-Pekka Mäkelä
{"title":"On spectrum occupancy evaluations from the standpoint of body area networks in ISM band","authors":"M. Virk, R. Vuohtoniemi, M. Hämäläinen, J. Iinatti, Juha-Pekka Mäkelä","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107488","url":null,"abstract":"Spectrum occupancy evaluations (SOEs) provide statistical insight regarding frequency resource utilization patterns for a given frequency band. In modern health-care systems, wireless solutions are trending and a number of wireless body area network (WBAN) applications are being developed. Industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band is an unregulated, license free band where WBANs will co-exist with several other wireless technologies. This particular research work is focused upon SOEs from the standpoint of WBANs in 2.35-2.50 GHz band. A week long SOE campaign was undertaken at Oulu University Hospital emergency ward. SOE metrics evaluated include channel occupancies and spectrum resource occupancies.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"62 1","pages":"15-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84819476","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}
Angelos Fylakis, A. Keskinarkaus, V. Kiviniemi, T. Seppänen
{"title":"Reversible blind data hiding for verifying integrity and authenticating MRI and X-Ray images","authors":"Angelos Fylakis, A. Keskinarkaus, V. Kiviniemi, T. Seppänen","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107525","url":null,"abstract":"We present a reversible data hiding technique for digital medical images. The idea is to embed the header of the image or other data in the image itself, pursuing tamper-proofing capabilities and inseparability. In particular, the proposed data hiding technique using Least Significant Bits (LSBs) hides information into the Region of Interest (ROI) and preserves lost information in the Region of Non Interest (RONI) for reversibility purposes. ROI pixels are accessed consecutively or in accordance to a Just Noticeable Distortion (JND) model, while RONI pixels are accessed in a consecutive or pseudo-random order. In the experiments with MRI and X-Ray images, we prove excellent fidelity and 100% reversibility of the ROI.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"70 1","pages":"185-189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79737069","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":"Accuracy of approximated WBAN channel by fundamental modes of spherical wave functions","authors":"J. Naganawa, J. Takada, T. Aoyagi, Minseok Kim","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107490","url":null,"abstract":"To design sufficiently reliable wireless body area network (WBAN) system for future health-care, channel modeling plays an important role. Especially from the viewpoint of antenna optimization, the channel modeling approach should be able to de-embed the antenna contribution to the channel response. Two modeling approaches using spherical wave functions (SWFs) and orthogonal dipoles (ODs) have been proposed so far for this purpose, and the simplified form of the SWF channel modeling involving only fundamental modes is equivalent to OD channel modeling. Although the modeling by SWF fundamental modes or the ODs is practical, the accuracy of their channel approximation should be clarified in advance, hence the purpose of this paper. For the analysis of the accuracy, deviated dipole is utilized to model the antennas in finite size which can emit the higher modes. Applying the finite-difference time-domain method to the deviated dipole and the animated human body, the approximated and the exact channel response are obtained. The error due to the approximation is then modeled by log-normal distribution, of which statistical parameters are empirically obtained as the function of either the antenna size or residual power.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"61 1","pages":"25-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76500016","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":"Performance comparison between TOA- and RSSI-based localization methods for wireless capsule endoscopy systems","authors":"Takahiro Ito, D. Anzai, Jianqing Wang","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107515","url":null,"abstract":"A wireless capsule endoscope (WCE) is a promising medical device for diagnosis of digestive organs, which takes pictures inside digestive organs, such as large and small intestines and transmits them through implant wireless communications. In a realistic WCE scenario, it is important to precisely estimate the WCE location. Generally, the superiority of TOA-based localization over RSSI-based localization has been pointed out in many papers in wireless communication systems. However, because the propagation speed inside of a human body varies due to the influence of its biological tissues (namely, the relative permittivity of human tissues), the realization of precise TOA-based localization needs to accurately estimate the propagation velocity of implant communication signals. So, in this paper, we propose a TOA-based method for joint location/relative permittivity estimation, and then compare the performances between TOA- and RSSI-based WCE location estimation methods. Our computer simulation results reveal that, the TOA-based localization with accurate relative permittivity information outperforms the RSSI-based localization in terms of the localization accuracy, whereas the RSSI-based localization is advantageous if accurate relative permittivity is not obtained. Additionally, the proposed TOA-based localization can achieve not only better localization accuracy than that of the RSSI-based localization but also accurate averaged relative permittivity estimation.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"12 1","pages":"139-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77724192","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}
T. Kumpuniemi, M. Hämäläinen, K. Y. Yazdandoost, J. Iinatti
{"title":"Dynamic on-body UWB radio channel modeling","authors":"T. Kumpuniemi, M. Hämäläinen, K. Y. Yazdandoost, J. Iinatti","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107512","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents dynamic on-body radio channel modelling for ultra wideband (UWB) wireless body area network communication. The work is based on frequency domain measurements with a vector network analyzer in an anechoic chamber at a 2-8 GHz frequency band. Two planar UWB antennas were used (dipole and double loop) and they were attached in total eight on-body locations. First, the mean values, standard deviations, maximum and minimum values of the path losses variations were examined at ten discrete frequencies and two links. Secondly, all available channels were observed at three selected frequencies. Dynamic channel models were derived for them by categorizing the links in three classes: high, medium or low dynamics channels. A distribution fitting was applied to all. Based on the second order Akaike information criterion, the best model was noted to be the inverse Gaussian distribution.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"70 1","pages":"126-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74899170","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":"Introduction of an RFID tag system to a large hospital and the practical usage of the data obtained","authors":"E. Hanada, Makoto Hayashi, Akihiro Ohira","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107508","url":null,"abstract":"Surgical instruments are sterilized and reused. The number of surgical instruments that must be managed can be up to 100 for one operation. Counting instruments before and after an operation and identifying each instrument when storing them in a container after sterilization are indispensable to patient safety, and in the past have required a great amount of hand labor. To improve efficiency, Shimane University Hospital introduced a system called SIMSAFE that uses RFID tags, with good results. The data obtained from SIMSAFE promotes effective and efficient instrument management. This paper introduces the management of surgical instruments when using SIMSAFE and introduces the results of a preliminary data analysis.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"27 1","pages":"108-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87627555","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}
R. Iwashita, M. Ishiwata, Yoji Takaguchi, T. Koike, Issei Hashimoto, K. Shiba
{"title":"A thin, flexible receiving coil for wireless power transmission based on magnetic induction to an implantable device: Measuring the power efficiency of receiving coils with varying numbers of mounted magnetic sheets","authors":"R. Iwashita, M. Ishiwata, Yoji Takaguchi, T. Koike, Issei Hashimoto, K. Shiba","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107493","url":null,"abstract":"Implanted medical devices require wireless power transmission. The wireless system proposed here uses a transmitting coil that could be worn around the waist to send power to a thin, flexible receiving coil located deep in a liquid NaCl solution of 0.25% mass concentration, simulating conditions in the human body. To determine optimal transmission efficiency, we examined receiving coils mounted with varying numbers of magnetic sheets. A maximum transmission efficiency of 19.2% was obtained at 1.8 MHz with no magnetic sheet. The maximum transmission efficiencies of receiving coils mounted with one sheet and two sheets were 12.5% at 1.3 MHz and 4.68% at 0.8 MHz, respectively. Our investigation confirmed that our wireless power transmission system is able to supply power to the microcontroller in the liquid solution.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"83 1","pages":"40-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85175209","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}
Kensuke Nakanishi, Ville Niemelä, M. Hämäläinen, J. Iinatti, S. Hara
{"title":"On IEEE 802.15.6 IR-UWB ED receiver performance in the presence of multiuser interference","authors":"Kensuke Nakanishi, Ville Niemelä, M. Hämäläinen, J. Iinatti, S. Hara","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107529","url":null,"abstract":"For successful communication of Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) of the IEEE 802.15.6 using Impulse Radio Ultra Wideband (IR-UWB), it is important to properly evaluate the performance in different circumstances. In this paper, we investigate the performance of IR-UWB communications in the presence of multiuser interference. Focusing specifically on energy detector (ED) receiver with on-off keying (OOK) and pulse position modulation (PPM), this study aims at evaluation of the multiuser interference tolerance of the ED receiver which generally trades off performance to implementation simplicity. The IR-UWB PHY simulation set up is based on the IEEE 802.15.6 definitions. The simulation results show the interference vulnerability of ED receivers.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"64 5 1","pages":"204-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76382564","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":"Using KINECT to measure joint movement for standing up and sitting down","authors":"Hiroyuki Adachi, Eijirou Adachi","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107500","url":null,"abstract":"DOCTOR'S EYE is a system for measuring a person's movement without using sensors attached to the body. Its sensing device is KINECT v1. This paper reports basic specifications and the sit-to-stand/stand-to-sit data measured. Recorded data show that DOCTOR'S EYE can be used to measure individual movement characteristics.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"4 1","pages":"68-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75313876","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":"The sensitivity of joint source-channel coding based on double protograph LDPC codes to source statistics","authors":"Lin Wang, Huihui Wu, Shaohua Hong","doi":"10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107531","url":null,"abstract":"Although the joint source and channel coding (JSCC) systems constructed from double protograph low-density parity-check (DP LDPC) codes has been demonstrated to possess good performance, especially when they are applied into the transmission of radiography images, where the frameworks of both transmitter and receiver still need to be further optimised for the sake of achieving bit error rate (BER) performance under 10-6 over wireless transmission environment. This paper focuses on the perspective of transmitting terminal to investigate what factors will affect the performance of DP LDPC schemes so that the new transmitting models can be further designed. Specifically, this paper mainly concentrates on the sensitivity of DP LDPC scheme to source statistics. The simulation results show that the entropy of source information is a dominate factor for sources with low entropy while the correlated side information plays a vital role in sources with large entropy, which provides explicit directions for further JSCC coding structures optimisation.","PeriodicalId":6624,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)","volume":"2009 1","pages":"213-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82519252","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}