A Communication Platform for Tele-monitoring and Tele-management of Type 1 Diabetes

Author

Mougiakakou, S.G. ; Stoitsis, J. ; Iliopoulou, D. ; Prentza, A. ; Nikita, K.S. ; Koutsouris, D.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2207

Lastpage

2210

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by blood glucose levels out of normal range due to inability of insulin production. This dysfunction leads to many short- and long-term complications. In this paper, a system for tele-monitoring and tele-management of type 1 diabetes patients is proposed, aiming at reducing the risk of diabetes complications and improving quality of life. The system integrates wireless personal area networks (WPAN), mobile infrastructure, and Internet technology along with commercially available and novel glucose measurement devices, advanced modeling techniques, and tools for the intelligent processing of the available diabetes patients information. The integration of the above technologies enables intensive monitoring of blood glucose levels, treatment optimisation, continuous medical care, and improvement of quality of life for type 1 diabetes patients, without restrictions in everyday life activities

Keywords

Internet; biochemistry; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; blood; diseases; health care; medical information systems; mobile communication; patient monitoring; patient treatment; personal area networks; telemedicine; Internet technology; blood glucose level monitoring; blood glucose levels; chronic disease; communication platform; diabetes complications; diabetes mellitus; diabetes patients information; glucose measurement devices; insulin production; intelligent processing; medical care; mobile infrastructure; telemanagement; telemonitoring; treatment optimisation; type 1 diabetes; wireless personal area networks; Area measurement; Blood; Diabetes; Diseases; IP networks; Insulin; Intelligent networks; Production; Sugar; Wireless personal area networks; Diabetes mellitus; Internet; telemedicine; wireless technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616901

Filename

1616901