Title :
BASUMA - the sixth sense for chronically ill patients
Author :
Falck, Thomas ; Espina, Javier ; Ebert, Jean-Pierre ; Dietterle, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Labs., Aachen
Abstract :
Continuous monitoring and analyzing of vital signs is the key for detecting at an early stage when a patient´s state of health changes to the worse, thereby preventing emergency cases, which are harmful to the patient and costly for the healthcare system. The BASUMA project is concerned with developing an energy-efficient and robust system-on-chip platform for wireless body sensors networks that enable health monitoring of chronically ill patients in their own homes. Initial application areas of BASUMA are: improving the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and enhancing the ambulatory chemo therapy of women suffering from breast cancer
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; condition monitoring; health care; patient monitoring; system-on-chip; wireless sensor networks; BASUMA; ambulatory chemotherapy; breast cancer; chronically ill patients; continuous monitoring; health monitoring; healthcare system; pulmonary disease patients; system-on-chip platform; wireless body sensors networks; Body sensor networks; Breast cancer; Diseases; Energy efficiency; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Robustness; System-on-a-chip; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2547-4
DOI :
10.1109/BSN.2006.12
