A GSM mobile system to monitor brain function using a near-infrared light sensor

Author

Sharieh, Salah ; Ferworn, Alexander ; Toronov, Vladislav

Author_Institution

Ryerson Univ., Toronto, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 May 2008

Abstract

This paper presents a versatile mobile system to monitor oxygenated hemoglobin (HBO) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (HB) concentration changes in brain and tissues. The system uses global system for mobile communications (GSM) and Bluetooth networks to provide extended mobility. The system consists of three parts: a wireless near-infrared light sensor with Bluetooth support, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a personal computer (PC). The sensor connects to the PDA using Bluetooth and the PDA connects to the PC in the lab using GSM and the Internet. The system packages the acquired data using multiple data communication protocols. It is a light-weight solution to monitor brain and tissues in real-life situations. The extended mobility was achieved by building software components in the PDA and the PC to provide the bridge between the Bluetooth sensor and the PC over GSM networks. The system was tested on humans and animals.

Keywords

Bluetooth; Internet; biochemistry; biomedical telemetry; blood; brain; cellular radio; data acquisition; infrared spectra; neurophysiology; notebook computers; optical sensors; patient monitoring; proteins; protocols; spectrochemical analysis; Bluetooth networks; GSM mobile system; Internet; PC; PDA; brain function monitoring; data acquisition; deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration; extended mobility; mobile communication; multiple data communication protocols; oxygenated hemoglobin concentration; personal computer; personal digital assistant; real-life situation; versatile mobile system; wireless near-infrared light sensor; Bluetooth; Data communication; GSM; Internet; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Packaging; Personal digital assistants; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; Brain; GSM; imaging; near-infrared spectroscopy; tissues;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. CCECE 2008. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1642-4

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564618

Filename

4564618