LOBIN: E-Textile and Wireless-Sensor-Network-Based Platform for Healthcare Monitoring in Future Hospital Environments Articles uri icon

authors

  • CUSTODIO RAMIREZ, VICTOR
  • LOPEZ LOPEZ, GREGORIO IGNACIO
  • MORENO NOVELLA, JOSE IGNACIO

publication date

  • November 2010

start page

  • 1446

end page

  • 1458

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 14

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1089-7771

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1558-0032

abstract

  • This paper describes a novel healthcare IT platform developed under the LOBIN project, which allows monitoring several physiological parameters, such as ECG, heart rate, body temperature, etc., and tracking the
    location of a group of patients within hospital environments. The
    combination of e-textile and wireless sensor networks provides an
    efficient way to support noninvasive and pervasive services demanded by
    future healthcare environments. This paper presents the architecture,
    system deployment as well as validation results from both laboratory
    tests and a pilot scheme developed with real users in collaboration with
    the Cardiology Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.