Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices: Applications and Challenges (Advances in ubiquitous sensing applications for healthcare)

Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices: Applications and Challenges, Fourth Edition highlights the new aspects of wearable and implanted sensors technology in the healthcare sector and monitoring systems. The book's contributions include several interdisciplinary domains, such as wearable sensors, implanted sensors devices, Internet-of-Things (IoT), security, real-time medical healthcare monitoring, WIBSN design and data management, encryption, and decision-support systems. Contributions emphasize several topics, including real-world applications and the design and implementation of wearable devices. This book demonstrates that this new field has a brilliant future in applied healthcare research and in healthcare monitoring systems. Includes comprehensive information on wearable and implanted device technology, wearable and implanted sensors design, WIBSN requirements, WIBSN in monitoring systems and security concepts Highlights machine learning and computing in healthcare monitoring systems based on WIBSN Includes a multidisciplinary approach to different healthcare applications and their associated challenges based on wearable and implanted technologies Cover Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices: Applications and Challenges Copyright List of contributors Preface 1 Internet of Things–triggered and power-efficient smart pedometer algorithm for intelligent wearable devices 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Intelligent wearable device description 1.3 Intelligent wearable device pedometer algorithm and evaluation 1.4 Application development 1.4.1 ThingSpeak server 1.4.2 Virtuino app 1.5 Software development 1.6 Results 1.7 Conclusion References Further reading 2 Biosensors and Internet of Things in smart healthcare applications: challenges and opportunities 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Health challenges for the elderly, older workers, and infants 2.3 Challenges and opportunities for technology-enabled care 2.3.1 Low-cost technology 2.3.2 Modular, interoperable, expandable solutions 2.3.3 Big data and machine learning 2.3.4 Security and privacy 2.4 Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things building blocks for health and well-being applications 2.4.1 Smart environment enablers 2.4.1.1 Wearable and assistive medical devices 2.4.1.2 Mobile devices 2.4.1.3 Environmental monitoring and Internet of Things platforms 2.4.1.4 Camera-based monitoring of humans 2.4.2 Back end enablers for personalized recommendations 2.4.2.1 Knowledge abstraction for user profiling and temporal reasoning 2.4.2.2 Context-aware recommendations 2.4.3 Security and privacy enablers 2.5 Smart healthcare applications—state-of-the-art research efforts 2.5.1 SMART BEAR—smart living solution platform for the elderly 2.5.1.1 Targeted pilot environments 2.5.1.2 The SMART BEAR consortium 2.5.2 sustAGE—smart environments for person-centered sustainable work and well-being 2.5.2.1 The industry domains 2.5.2.1.1 The case of assembly line workers in the automotive industry 2.5.2.1.2 The case of port workers in the transportation and logistics industry 2.5.2.2 Internet of Things ecosystem and system functionalities 2.5.2.3 The sustAGE consortium 2.5.3 xVLEPSIS—an intelligent noninvasive biosignal recording system for infants 2.5.3.1 Integration of smart biosignal sensors in a detection system for hazardous conditions 2.6 Conclusion Acknowledgments References Further reading 3 Wearable electroencephalography technologies for brain–computer interfacing 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Current state of brain–computer interface-based communicators 3.3 Current developments in sensor technology 3.4 Current developments in wearable and wireless brain–computer interface 3.5 The future of wearable brain–computer interface References Further reading 4 AdaptableSDA: secure data aggregation framework in wireless body area networks 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Background 4.2.1 Proposed work 4.3 Main focus of the chapter 4.3.1 AdaptableSDA: end-to-end integrity 4.3.2 AdaptableSDA: hop-by-hop integrity 4.3.3 Proposed aggregation protocol 4.3.3.1 Bootstrapping 4.3.3.2 Aggregation tree construction 4.3.4 Establishment of keys 4.3.5 Aggregation phase 4.4 Solutions 4.4.1 Example of end-to-end approach 4.4.2 Example of hop-by-hop approach 4.4.3 Metrics of evaluation 4.4.4 Results of various configurations of SDA 4.4.5 Results of aggregation protocol 4.5 Future research directions 4.5.1 Existing issues, challenges, and problems 4.5.2 Future directions 4.6 Conclusion References Further reading 5 Screening and early identification of microcalcifications in breast using texture-based ANFIS classification 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Literature review 5.2.1 Medical imaging modalities 5.2.2 Mammographic image classification 5.3 Methodology 5.3.1 Two-way classification and feature extraction technique 5.3.2 K-means algorithm 5.3.3 Adaptive neurofuzzy structure 5.4 Results for diagnosis of microcalcification in breast 5.4.1 Image acquisition 5.4.2 Preprocessing 5.4.3 Edge detection 5.4.4 Feature extraction 5.4.5 Performance evaluation 5.5 Discussions 5.6 Conclusion 5.7 Future scope References Further reading 6 Work environment and healthcare: a biometeorological approach based on wearables 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Biometeorological framework for the use of wearables 6.2.1 Wearable devices and wearable sensors 6.2.2 Biometeorology and health 6.3 Heat stress and physiological mechanisms 6.3.1 The homeostatic process: a medical approach 6.3.2 Heat control systems and pathways 6.4 Wearables, heat stress, and the workplace 6.4.1 Heat at work: a global concern 6.4.2 Wearables and heat indexes 6.4.3 Case studies: outdoors versus indoors 6.4.3.1 Outdoors thermal comfort and heart rate 6.4.3.2 Indoors thermal comfort and heart rate 6.5 Conclusion References Further reading 7 Reading Assistant: a reciter in your pocket 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Related work 7.3 Reading Assistant architecture 7.3.1 Preprocessing module 7.3.2 Optical character recognition 7.3.2.1 Image scanning 7.3.2.2 Segmentation 7.3.3 Text-to-speech module 7.3.3.1 Text analysis and detection 7.3.3.2 Text normalization and linearization 7.3.3.3 Phonetic analysis 7.3.3.4 Prosodic modeling and intonation 7.3.3.5 Acousting processing 7.3.4 Raspberry Pi 7.4 Analysis 7.5 Summary References 8 Toward secure and privacy-preserving WIBSN-based health monitoring applications 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The chapter’s motivation 8.3 WIBSN-based healthcare system 8.3.1 The system architecture 8.3.2 A three-layered communication architecture 8.3.3 Health monitoring applications 8.4 Primary attacks targeting healthcare applications 8.4.1 Eavesdropping on radio communications among sensors 8.4.2 Denial of service: attacks against system availability and integrity 8.5 Security and privacy requirements 8.6 Security awareness and privacy preservation techniques 8.6.1 Proximity-based access control mechanism 8.6.1.1 Ultrasonic-AC approach 8.6.1.2 Energy-aware proximity-based access control techniques 8.6.2 Biometrics-based privacy preserving mechanisms 8.6.2.1 ECG characteristics 8.6.2.2 ECG features extraction using fast Fourier transform 8.6.2.3 Powerless mutual authentication using generated biometric keys 8.6.2.4 Establishment of secure communication 8.6.3 External/wearable hardware-based solutions 8.7 Comparison of security techniques 8.8 Emerging security challenges 8.9 Conclusion References Further reading 9 Smart ambulance traffic management system (SATMS)—a support for wearable and implantable medical devices 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Case study 9.3 Proposed design 9.3.1 Design 9.3.1.1 Sensors 9.4 Results and discussion 9.5 Conclusion References Further reading 10 Internet of things-linked wearable devices for managing food safety in the healthcare sector 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Background and context 10.2.1 Food hygiene and safety 10.2.2 Food spoilage and deterioration 10.2.3 Foodborne disease 10.2.4 Food safety hazards 10.2.4.1 Chemical 10.2.4.2 Physical 10.2.4.3 Microbiological 10.2.5 Management of food hazards 10.2.5.1 Good Manufacturing Practices 10.2.5.2 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points 10.3 Healthcare food service facilities 10.4 System design 10.4.1 IoT-based architecture for food safety in healthcare 10.4.2 Advantages of adopting IoT-based wearable devices in healthcare food preparation 10.4.3 Utilizing wearable IoT technologies to solve food safety issues in healthcare preparation 10.4.4 Features and requirements of sensors used in wearable devices for food safety applications 10.5 Discussion 10.6 Conclusion References Further reading Index Back Cover This Volume Highlights The New Aspects Of Wearable And Implanted Sensors Technology In The Healthcare Sectors And Monitoring Systems. 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The book's contributions include several interdisciplinary domains, such as wearable sensors, implanted sensors devices, Internet-of-Things (IoT), security, real-time medical healthcare monitoring, WIBSN design and data management, encryption, and decision-support systems. Contributions emphasize several topics, including real-world applications and the design and implementation of wearable devices. This book demonstrates that this new field has a brilliant future in applied healthcare research and in healthcare monitoring systems.