Hardware and Software Realization of EDSD for Acupuncture Research and Practice

Author

Fico, Tomas ; Duchon, F. ; Dubravsky, Jozef

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Slovak Univ. of Technol., Bratislava, Slovakia

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

2014

fDate

Jul-14

Firstpage

1207

Lastpage

1213

Abstract

Traditional acupuncture as a diagnostic and therapeutic method has been known in China for more than 3000 years. Electrodermal screening tests (EDSTs) and electrodermal screening devices (EDSDs) that are based on the knowledge derived from traditional Chinese medicine appeared in the 1950s. This article deals with design, development and realization of such a device. The design considers the principles of two widely used EDSTs and modern trends in the field of electronics and data management. A computer program with simple user interface that provides graphic evaluation and intercomparison of measured data are presented. The designed system is suitable not only for acupuncture research but also for ordinary acupuncture diagnostics.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; diseases; medical computing; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; user interfaces; EDSD; EDST; acupuncture diagnosis; computer program; data management; data measurement; electrodermal screening devices; electrodermal screening testing; graphic evaluation; hardware-software realization; therapeutic method; traditional Chinese medicine; user interface; Current measurement; Electric potential; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Immune system; Skin; Voltage measurement; Acupuncture; biological active points; data management; measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2168-2194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JBHI.2013.2285729

Filename

6632880