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Passive vs. Active Measurement: The Role of Smart Sensors

Authors:
Miklós Kasza
Vilmos Szűcs
Ádám Végh
Tibor Török

Keywords: telemedicine; healthcare; smart sensors; measurement

Abstract:
The growing availability of ubiquitous computing capabilities can enhance life quality. New smart sensor devices are constantly appearing in various markets, including the health industry. The functions provided by such modern sensor devices enable system developers to create healthcare systems that were unimaginable earlier. More and more health monitoring devices provide functions that can ease the life of the elderly and ill people. However, this rich set of smart devices pose challenges to system developers and health industry specialists as well. In order to find optimal healthcare system solutions, lots of tests and trials have to be done. In our paper we present three different telemedicine systems of increasing complexity and some analysis results based on real-life clinical trials utilizing the described systems. We examine the willingness of users to use the systems and draw interesting conclusion from those examinations.

Pages: 333 to 337

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: November 20, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-171-7

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 20, 2011 to November 25, 2011