Title :
Fully automated monitoring system of health status in daily life
Author :
Kawarada, Atsushi ; Nambu, Masayulu ; Tamura, Toshiyo ; Ishijima, Masaydu ; Yamakoshi, Ken-ichi ; Togawa, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Toyama Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Fully automated monitoring system of health status in daily life used at a pilot house called “Welfare Techno House (WTH)” was designed. This system was integrated with three monitoring devices of (1) body and excreta weight in lavatory, (2) electrocardiogram (ECG) in bathtub and (3) ECG in bed without utilizing body surface electrodes in a non-conscious manner at the WTH. For the evaluation of automated health monitoring system, the authors tried a long-term and continuous measurement to monitor health parameters on young and elderly subjects without disturbing ordinary daily life
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; electrocardiography; geriatrics; patient monitoring; weighing; ECG in bathtub; ECG in bed; automated health monitoring system; body surface electrodes; daily life; elderly subjects; electrodiagnostics; fully automated monitoring system; health status; monitoring devices; nonconscious manner; ordinary daily life; pilot house; young subjects; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Medical services; Textiles; Weight measurement;
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.2000.900794
