1. Development of the Elderly Healthcare Monitoring System with IoT
- Author
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Seunghee Hong, Joo Hyeong Lee, Seoung Eun Kim, Youngseob Seo, Chan Min Jo, Se Jin Park, and Murali Subramaniyam
- Subjects
020205 medical informatics ,business.industry ,Cerebral infarction ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Infarction ,Body movement ,Monitoring system ,02 engineering and technology ,medicine.disease ,Health care ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Medical emergency ,Internet of Things ,business ,Stroke - Abstract
Stroke is a brain attack (or infarction of a portion of the brain) caused by the sudden disturbance of blood supply to that area. In recent years, even though the number of stroke-related deaths has been decreasing in Korea, the incidence of stroke is increasing, and the incidence increase with age. The chances of surviving from an acute and sudden infarction are much higher if the elderly people get emergency medical assistance within a few hours of occurrence. Elderly health monitoring and emergency alert system are mentioned as one of the main application areas of pervasive computing and biomedical applications. Moreover, a proactive elderly health monitoring system involves active capture of brain and body movement signals, signal analysis, communication, detection and warning processes. The primary objective of this research will be concerned itself with ambient assisted living issues for the successful detection and generation of alarms in cases of stroke onset, which will allow the timely delivery of medical assistance, to mitigate the long-term effects of these attacks.
- Published
- 2016