Title :
Ultrasound Machine for Distributed Diagnosis and Home Use
Author :
Yoo, Yang Mo ; Schneider, Fabio K. ; Agarwal, Anup ; Fukuoka, Tetsuya ; Koh, Liang Mong ; Kim, Yongmin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a home ultrasound machine that could be used in a distributed diagnosis and home healthcare (D2H2) setting. It will enable remote screening, diagnosis and monitoring of the patient by addressing limitations of the current practice and lead to improved healthcare delivery. For the home ultrasound machine, we have developed a reconfigurable and programmable architecture and efficient front-end algorithms to significantly reduce the hardware complexity while providing improved flexibility to adapt to different clinical applications. Several technical and non-technical challenges for realization of the home ultrasound machine setting are also discussed
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; health care; medical diagnostic computing; telemedicine; distributed diagnosis; front-end algorithms; hardware complexity reduction; healthcare delivery; home healthcare; home ultrasound machine; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; programmable architecture; reconfigurable architecture; remote screening; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Computed tomography; Costs; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, 2006. D2H2. 1st Transdisciplinary Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0058-9
DOI :
10.1109/DDHH.2006.1624798
