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Computer-based decision support (CDSS) systems can deliver real patient care and increase chances of long-term survival in areas of chronic disease management prone to poor control. Computer-based Decision Support Systems (CDSS) can provide candidate opinions based on available data that clinicians can use (or not) to shape their strategy for managing the condition. One such CDSS, for the management...
“Health is the greatest possession”. Various techniques are drawn for the better treatment of health of society. As the technology is reaching its peak, it is emerging in medical treatments quickly and fruitfully giving birth to “telemedicine” - invention of technology in medicine. Earlier slow and erroneous processes are replaced by precise and faultless methods involving fast internet services....
The recording of auditory brainstem response (ABR) signals is a common measure applied to assess hearing impairments. However, most of the available commercial devices able to record ABR signals can be unaffordable for many medical centers because of their cost and low flexibility. This paper describes a system that allows the recording of high quality ABR. Its low cost, easy handling, high performance,...
In this paper we describe an extendable point of care system for simultaneous motor rehabilitation (post-stroke and -arthroscopy) patient condition assessment and patient safety observations. Electronic linear and angular accelerometer sensors attached to the human upper or lower limbs gather information about performed therapeutic exercises. The measurement data processing of the vital sign sensors...
This article proposes a novel non-contact method of measuring intraocular pressure of human eye using an imaging technique, outside the clinical environment. The method facilitates measurement of intraocular pressure based on differences in the acquired images in the acquired images of a tow flap foils assembly before and after deflation due to an applied air puff of known pressure rebounding from...
Currently after the physical fitness check in the hospital, the results will be recorded in written form and saved in archives regularly. If people want to access them, or the healthcare personnel need them to conduct further data analysis, additional manpower are required to deal with. If the healthcare personnel need the interpretation with charts, additional software package on the market would...
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders and affects almost 60 million people worldwide. Epileptic seizures, which are characterized by a recurrent and sudden malfunction of the brain, reflect the clinical sign of an excessive and hyper-synchronous activity of neurons in the brain. EEG is the most economical one with high temporal resolution. The visual inspection of EEG data is prohibitively...
Software based new, efficient and reliable lossless ECG data compression, transmission and feature extraction scheme is proposed here. The compression and reconstruction algorithm is implemented on C-platform. The compression scheme is such that the compressed file contains only ASCII characters. These characters are transmitted using internet based Short Message Service (SMS) system and at the receiving...
It is not the absence of technology that hampers the healthcare delivery process but the complexity in identification of the right mix of technology that can address critical health needs in society in an economical manner that makes healthcare unaffordable and inaccessible to the majority of the world's population. There is a severe dearth of medical technicians in the rural areas in developing countries...
The demographic change in Finland is fast and is estimated that in 2030 the share of persons aged 65 or more is about 26 %. This study aims to develop usability of the technical safety systems in co-operation with the end-users, i.e. staff and the residents as well as to develop an environment that could enhance security and comfort of living of the elderly. A mixed-method approach combining questionnaires...
The metabolic status of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is of critical importance and requires frequent monitoring. Tests done outside of the ICU with slow turnaround may cause undesirable patient outcomes. The numerous disposable test strips required for patient care increase the already high costs of care in the ICU. We have developed a low-cost, reusable optical slide which...
A posture training paradigm with visual biofeedback is presented for physical rehabilitation following posture disorders (e.g. Pusher Syndrome). The objectives of the current study were: to calculate centre of pressure (CoP) using Wii balance board, to calculate centre of mass (CoM) using Microsoft Kinect sensor, and conceptual design of visual postural-feedback paradigm so that the user can improve...
IEEE/EMBS would like to thank all the participants who contributed to the competition. The winner will be announced during the closing ceremony on 18 January 2013. The list of finalists follows: Bikas K Arya, Dennis Robert, Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya, Jayanta Mukhopadhyay for "A Framework for Web based Geographical Information System for countrywide Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring;" Abhishek...
Pseudo-periodic signals are rampant in biomedical applications but are difficult to analyze. One approach is to compute time domain parameters of each individual cycle in the pseudo-periodic signal. The classic approach requires repeated computation in each cycle, which tends to be either error prone, computationally burdensome, or requires manual effort. We provide a novel combination of the pitch...
Intelligent systems deliver meaningful information of patient's physiological data and provide essential decision support, on patient's status, to medical professionals. This study focuses on two important areas of healthcare; real-time remote patient monitoring and decision support systems for diagnosing of Hypertension and Hypotension. The proposed real-time, wireless vital sign monitoring system...
This paper presents several non-contact methods of assessing the state of the cardiovascular system in zebrafish larvae, based on the videos of the animal under a microscope. A new algorithm for automatic detection of the region of interest (ROI) has been developed. Two distinct approaches are used to convert the information in the video to time series. The first involves using the variation in the...
Feto- maternal monitoring is essential to assess fetal health throughout the pregnancy and during labor. Fetal ECG, uterine contraction, fetal movements, growth of the fetus, amniotic fluid volume and position of placenta are some of the important parameters to assess fetus health. Cardiotocogram (CTG) and Ultrasound are widely used for monitoring feto-maternal physiological and morphological parameters...
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