Title :
Challenges and Research Directions in Medical Cyber–Physical Systems
Author :
Lee, Insup ; Sokolsky, Oleg ; Chen, Sanjian ; Hatcliff, John ; Jee, Eunkyoung ; Kim, BaekGyu ; King, Andrew ; Mullen-Fortino, Margaret ; Park, Soojin ; Roederer, Alexander ; Venkatasubramanian, Krishna K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Medical cyber-physical systems (MCPS) are life-critical, context-aware, networked systems of medical devices. These systems are increasingly used in hospitals to provide high-quality continuous care for patients. The need to design complex MCPS that are both safe and effective has presented numerous challenges, including achieving high assurance in system software, intoperability, context-aware intelligence, autonomy, security and privacy, and device certifiability. In this paper, we discuss these challenges in developing MCPS, some of our work in addressing them, and several open research issues.
Keywords :
medical administrative data processing; open systems; safety-critical software; security of data; autonomy; context-aware intelligence; context-aware system; device certifiability; intoperability; life-critical system; medical cyber-physical systems; networked system; privacy; security; system software assurance; Biomedical equipment; Closed loop systems; Computational modeling; Cyberspace; Medical services; Network topology; Pacemakers; Principal component analysis; Unified modeling language; Closed-loop physiological control; cyber–physical systems (CPSs); design challenges; medical device systems; model-based design;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2011.2165270
