Title :
New approaches in personalized e-health: A wearable human avatar-based monitor for ubiquitous care: An avatar-based smart care monitor
Author :
Prado-Velasco, Manuel ; Marin, Rafael Ortiz ; Cidoncha, M. Gloria del Rio
Author_Institution :
Graphic Eng. Dept., Univ. of Seville, Seville, Spain
Abstract :
Falls are a serious and growing problem in the elderly and other population with chronic pathologies. However, none falling detector has been widely accepted by socio-healthcare providers yet. This work analyzes this issue and moves forward a new paradigm that hybridizes system biology with e-health domains. We present succinctly the technology and architecture of an avatar-based movement monitor based on this paradigm, together with an advancement of the first outcomes. ROC curves show the successful performance of a new algorithm compliant with it. Conclusions point to the effectivity of this technology.
Keywords :
avatars; health care; intelligent sensors; personal computing; telemedicine; ubiquitous computing; ROC curves; chronic pathologies; elderly population; falling detector; personalized e-health; socio-healthcare providers; system biology; ubiquitous care; wearable human avatar-based monitor; Mathematical models; Movement Human Monitor; Virtual Physiological Human; Wearable Smart Sensor; e-health;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2010 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8131-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2010.5702828
