Research challenges in computation, communication, and context awareness for ubiquitous healthcare
Research challenges in computation, communication, and context awareness for ubiquitous healthcare
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无处不在的医疗保健的计算、通信和情境感知方面的研究挑战
DOI：
10.1109/mcom.2012.6194388
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
11.2
通讯作者：
D. Pompili
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作者：
H. Viswanathan;Baozhi Chen;D. Pompili
无所不在的医疗保健新范式，其特点是无所不在的连续生命体征数据收集、监测数据的实时处理以获得有意义的生理参数、上下文感知数据和以患者为中心的决策制定，是为老年人和身体有障碍的人提供个性化医疗保健解决方案的核心。然而，这种新模式需要使用固有的复杂生理模型对无线采集的生命体征进行实时处理，并在环境（例如，位置、环境条件、当前身体活动）下分析处理后的信息，以提取有关患者健康状况的知识。由于生物医学传感器节点的计算能力不足以运行这些模型，本文提出了一种创新的资源配置框架，该框架可以组织和利用家庭和医院环境中附近未充分利用的电子设备（例如笔记本电脑、平板电脑、pda、dvr、医疗终端）的计算能力。本文还讨论了用于可靠生命体征传输的新型无线通信解决方案和用于获取上下文感知以支持该框架的算法。
A new paradigm for ubiquitous healthcare characterized by pervasive continuous vital sign data collection, real-time processing of monitored data to derive meaningful physiological parameters, and context-aware data- and patient-centric decision making, is central to deliver personalized healthcare solutions to the elderly and the physically challenged. However, this new paradigm requires real-time processing of wirelessly collected vital signs using inherently complex physiological models and analysis of the processed information under context (e.g., location, ambient conditions, current physical activity) to extract knowledge about the health condition of patients. As the computational capabilities of biomedical sensor nodes are insufficient to run these models, this article presents an innovative resource provisioning framework that organizes and harnesses the computing capabilities of under-utilized electronic devices in the vicinity (e.g., laptops, tablets, PDAs, DVRs, medical terminals) in home and hospital settings. Novel wireless communication solutions for reliable vital sign transmission and algorithms for acquiring context awareness to support this framework are also discussed.