Title :
A Wi-Fi adapter for medical data and imaging applications
Author :
Shrestha, Ranjay ; Khan, Tareq ; Wahid, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, a design of a microcontroller based Wi-Fi adapter for medical application is proposed. The adapter will enable data logging from an implantable biosensor directly into a Smart device, laptop, or servers connected with hospital´s Wi-Fi network. This will allow medical doctors to analyze important physiological data in real time from a remote distance. The design has been prototyped in laboratory and the advantage of the proposed adapter is demonstrated for wireless capsule endoscopy application. An Android mobile app is developed for Smartphone for storing, decoding and displaying endoscopy images in real-time.
Keywords :
Android (operating system); biosensors; data loggers; endoscopes; hospitals; image coding; medical image processing; microcontrollers; smart phones; wireless LAN; Android mobile app; data logging; endoscopy image decoding; endoscopy image display; endoscopy image storage; hospital Wi-Fi network; implantable biosensor; laptop; medical data; medical imaging; microcontroller-based Wi-Fi adapter design; physiological data analysis; remote distance; servers; smart device; smart phone; wireless capsule endoscopy application; Biosensors; Endoscopes; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Android application; Wi-Fi; biosensor; capsule endoscopy; data-logging;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Aware Computing Systems and Applications (ICEAC), 2013 4th Annual International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAC.2013.6737638
