Mobile Telemedicine: A Computing and Networking Perspective

by Xiao; Yang

• ISBN13: 9781420060461
• ISBN10: 1420060465
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: Auerbach Public

Summary

Advances in the area of wireless and mobile telemedicine to diagnose and treat patients have drawn growing attention from healthcare providers and recipients, industry, researchers, and governments.This volumeexamines computing and network dilemmas which arise from wireless and mobile telemedicine. Comprised of the contributions of many prominent international researchers, the book gives an overview of patient care and monitoring, discusses the use of telemedicine in cardiology and diabetes, analyzes security and privacy considerations, examines issues relating to networking support, and concludes with a section on the opportunities and challenges that are faced by those involved in this exciting technology.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Editors	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Patient Care and Monitoring
Personal Supervision and Alarming Systems	p. 3
Integrated Alarm Monitoring System in the ICU	p. 29
Remote Wireless Patients' Data Access System	p. 49
Cardiology
Mobile, Secure Tele-Cardiology Based on Wireless and Sensor Networks	p. 63
Monitoring and Management of Congestive Heart Failure Patients	p. 85
Issues in Personal Cardiac Health Monitoring with Sensor Networks	p. 103
Diabetes
Automated Blood Glucose Management Techniques through Micro-sensors	p. 119
Mobile Telemedicine for Diabetes Care	p. 143
Telemedicine: A Way to Improve Glycemic Control among Elderly Diabetics	p. 161
Security and Privacy in Telemedicine
Security and Privacy in Mobile Telemedicine	p. 175
Security of Body Sensor Networks	p. 195
A Survey of Security in Telemedicine with Wireless Sensor Networks	p. 209
Power Management and Security in IEEE 802.15.4 Clusters: How to Balance?	p. 237
Networking Support
Fourth Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks for eHealth Services: Architecture and Radio Resource Management	p. 267
3G/WLAN Cross-Layer Design for Ultrasound Video Transmission in a Robotic Tele-Ultrasonography System	p. 297
Enabling Mobile Adaptive Computing Environments in Teleteaching and Telemedicine Applications	p. 319
Building a Mobile Healthcare Network within Public Networking Infrastructures	p. 339
Challenges and Opportunities
Telemedicine Research: Opportunities and Challenges	p. 349
Conventional Telemedicine, Wireless Telemedicine, Sensor Networks, and Case Studies	p. 367
Telemedicine for Pervasive Healthcare	p. 389
Index	p. 405
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