Title :
Integration of CEN/TC251/PT5-021 “VITAL” preENV standard and of “DICOM supplement 30.0” into a telemedicine system for vital signs monitoring from home
Author :
Anagnostaki, A. ; Kyriacou, E. ; Reynolds, M. ; Pavlopoulos, S. ; Koutsouris, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This study investigates the applicability of two `standards´ addressing the robust interchange of waveform and related medical data, namely of the CEN/TC251/PT5-021 Vital Signs Information Representation (VITAL) preENV standard and the DICOM Supplement 30.0, in the context of a telemedicine application for the vital signs monitoring from their home of patients needing after-hospitalization attendance. This paper presents an object-oriented design with UML of a class hierarchy for exchanging 3-lead ECG, pulse rate, blood pressure and SpO2 data, as well as performing alert and overall data management at the remote HealthCare Center. It also summarizes the results of the two `standards´ validation and the integration of both codification schemes into the development of the telemedicine platform
Keywords :
PACS; client-server systems; object-oriented methods; open systems; patient monitoring; standardisation; telemedicine; transport protocols; CEN/TC251/PT5-021 VITAL preENV standard; DICOM Supplement 30.0; Unified Modeling Language; blood pressure data; client-server system; codification schemes; home vital signs monitoring; information model; medical data; object-oriented design; open systems; pulse oximetry data; pulse rate data; robust interchange; standards validation; telemedicine system; three-lead ECG data; vital signs information representation; waveform interchange; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; DICOM; Electrocardiography; Information representation; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Robustness; Telemedicine; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.897993
