• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2012

WBAN(Wireless Body Area Network) 기술은 인체 내부 및 외부에 부착한 디바이스들을 무선으로 연결하여 통신할 수 있는 근거리 무선 통신 기술로서 IEEE 802.15.6 TG BAN을 중심으로 물리 계층, 데이터 링크 계층, 네트워크 계층 및 응용계층 등에서 표준화가 진행되고 있다. WBAN 환경을 지원하기 위해서는 센서 노드 디바이스 뿐만 아니라 WBAN 미들웨어 및 WBAN 응용 서비스 등의 WBAN 핵심 기술의 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 3G, 4G, WiFi를 통하여 환자의 생체 정보를 정확하고 신속하게 전달하기 위한 목적으로 WBAN 환경을 위한 의료용 메시지 구조를 설계하고 WBAN 게이트웨이 관리 엔진을 통하여 BN으로부터 들어온 환자의 생체 정보를 스마트폰에서 확인할 수 있는 의료용 애플리케이션을 구현하였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권7호
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• pp.969-975
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to develop a healthcare service based on standard protocol and information communication technology for mother's sustainable postpartum care. The developed service was consisted of a client area where mothers measure, manage and transmit their vital signs using their own smartphone and personal health devices, and a server area that manages and shares with the received mother's vital signs and the results of examination results and personal health records. The client area collects vital signs through the IEEE 11073 Personal Health Device (PHD) using the m-health application of the previous study and Continua Health alliance certified personal health devices and transfers to Health Level Seven (HL7) V2.4, Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and Continuity of Care Document (CCD). The server area consists of a mobile web that manages and shares the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-compliant personal health records to ensure interoperability of examination results, and a mobile web where the postpartum caregiver enters and manages the results of the mother's examination results and provides it to the mother. In this way, the healthcare service of this study securing continued exchanges between the mother and postpartum caregiver improves the quality of life of the mother not only to satisfy the needs of the mother who was discharged but also through self-management and postpartum. In the future, we will conduct a study applying mothers and postpartum caregiver after approval of a clinical trail at a university hospital to evaluate developed healthcare services.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권7B호
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• pp.575-582
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• 2008

기존의 환자 모니터링 시스템은 환자가 자신의 정보를 원하는 경우 의료 기관을 통해서 정보 확인이 가능 하였다. 그러나 U-Healthcare 기반의 환자 모니터링 시스템에서는 RFID 시스템을 의료 환경에 적용하여 언제 어디서나 자신의 정보를 RFID 리더가 탑재된 모바일 장치를 통하여 확인이 가능하다. 환자의 태그 정보를 읽어 들여 환자가 원하는 서비스를 제공하기 위해서는 RFID 미들웨어 설계가 필요하다. 임베디드 리눅스 기반의 RFID미들웨어는 크게 RFID 모듈, ARM 프로세서, RS-232 인터페이스 등으로 구성된다. RFID 모듈은 사용자의 정보를 입력받기 위하여 사용되며, RS-232 인터페이스를 통하여 RFID 미들웨어로 정보를 전달한다. 또한 본 시스템은 임베디드 전용 ARM 프로세서를 사용하여 환자 모니터링 시스템에 특화된 시스템을 구현하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 U-Healthcare 기반의 환자 모니터링 시스템은 임베디드 리눅스 기반의 Qt를 사용하여 RFID 미들웨어를 구현하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1496-1504
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• 2007

본 논문은 헬스케어 연구의 일환으로 병원 내의 EMR(Electronic Medical Record)을 지원할 수 있는 환자 자동인식 시스템의 설계 및 구현이다. 기존의 종이형 차트를 대신할 수 있으면서, 빠르고 정확한 환자 인식이 가능하고, 기존 EMR의 데이터베이스를 사용할 수 있는 모바일 기기 기반의 시스템을 개발하였다. 환자의 인식에는 RFID(Radio Frequency IDentified)를 사용하였으며, RFID와 시스템의 연동을 통해 자동화 된 환자 인식이 가능하다. 개발된 시스템은 테스트 베드에서 테스트하여 기존 종이형 차트에 비해 빠른 진료가 가능함을 실험하였다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.478-491
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• 2019

This work develops a monitoring system for the population with health concerns. A belt integrated with an on-body circuit and sensors measures a wearer's selected vital signals. The electrocardiogram sensors monitor heart conditions and an accelerometer assesses the level of physical activity. Sensed signals are transmitted to the circuit module through digital yarns and are forwarded to a mobile device via Bluetooth. An interactive application, installed on the mobile device, is used to process the received signals and provide users with real-time feedback about their status. Persuasive functions are designed and implemented in the interactive application to encourage users' physical activity. Two signal processing algorithms are developed to analyze the data regarding heart and activity. A user study is conducted to evaluate the performance and usability of the developed system.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.1016-1024
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 능동적 응급 호출 서비스 지원 ACE시스템을 설계, 구현한다. ACE(Active Emergency call service system) 시스템은 의사전달이 가능한 경증 장애인, 독거노인 및 어린이 등이 사용가능한 E-단말(Emergency Mobile Device), E-단말 실시간 모니터링 관리 기능 및 E-단말의 제어 기능을 가진 E-서버(Emergency Server)로 물리적인 구성을 이루고 있다. E-단말은 저가, 경량으로 개발하고 경증 장애인, 독거노인, 어린이 등이 손쉽게 휴대할 수 있는 크기로 개발한다. E-단말을 통하여 응급 상황을 응급 기관 혹은 E-단말 사용자의 보호자에게 인터넷 및 CDMA 네트워크를 통하여 응급 상황을 알린다. E-서버는 기본적으로 E-단말 관리를 위한 종합적인 관제 시스템으로 개발한다. E-단말의 응급 호출에 대한 실시간 위치 추적기능을 제공하며, 효율적인 E-단말 관리와 양질의 응급 서비스를 위한 실시간 모니터링 기능을 제공한다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2010

By using the U-Healthcare environment, it is possible to receive the health care services anywhere anytime. However, since the user's personal information can be easily exposed in the U-Healthcare environment, it is necessary to strengthen the security system. This thesis proposes the technique which can be used to protect the personal medical records at hospital safely, in order to avoid the exposure of the user's personal information which can occur due to the frequent usage of the electronic chart according to the computerization process of medical records. In the proposed system, the following two strategies are used: i) In order to reduce the amount of the system load, it is necessary to apply the partial encryption process for electronic charts. ii) Regarding the user's authentication process for each patient, the authentication number for each electronic chart, which is in the encrypted form, is transmitted through the patient's mobile device by the National Health Insurance Corporation, when the patient register his or her application at hospital. Regarding the modern health care services, it is important to protect the user's personal information. The proposed technique will be an important method of protecting the user's information.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2012

The photoplethysmography (PPG) signal measured from a mobile healthcare device contains various motion artifacts occurring from a patient’s movements. Recently, to reject the motion artifacts, the method of using an acceleration sensor was suggested, but such sensors are very expensive. Therefore, this study deals with a novel sensor device to replace the acceleration sensor, and evaluated the performance of the proposed sensor experimentally. In the results of the experiments, it is shown that the proposed sensor device can reconstruct the PPG signal despite the occurrence of motion artifacts, and also that the variation rate in heart rate analysis was 1.22%. According to the experimental results, the proposed method can be applied to design a low-cost device.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.397-403
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• 2018

Mobile X-ray generators are used not in the radiation area but in open space, which causes the exposure of secondary radiation to the healthcare professionals, patients, guardians, etc., regardless of their intentions. This study aimed to investigate the shielding effect of the developed radiation restrictor to block the secondary radiation scattered during the use of mobile X-ray generator. Upon setting the condition of mobile X-ray generator with chest AP, spatial doses were measured by the existence of human equivalent phantom and radiation restrictor, and measured by the existences of phantom and radiation restrictor at the same length of 100 cm. Measurements were taken at intervals of 10 cm every $30^{\circ}$ from $-90^{\circ}$ (head direction) to $+90^{\circ}$ (body direction). Upon the study results, spatial doses in all direction were increased by 45% on average when using phantom in the same condition, however, they were decreased by 64% on average when using the developed radiation restrictor. The dose at 100 cm from the center of X-ray was $3.0{\pm}0.08{\mu}Gy$ without phantom and was increased by 40% with $4.2{\pm}0.08{\mu}Gy$ after phantom usage. The dose when using phantom and the developed radiation restrictor was $1.4{\pm}0.08{\mu}Gy$, which was decreased by 66% compared to the case without using them. Therefore, it is considered the scattered radiation can be shielded at 100-150 cm, the regulation of the distance between beds, effectively with the developed radiation restrictor when using mobile X-ray generators, which can lower the radiation exposure to the people nearby including healthcare professionals and patients.

• Healthcare Informatics Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2018

Objectives: This paper describes an experience of implementing seamless service trials online and offline by adopting Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on near-field communication (NFC) tags and Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons. The services were provided for both patients and health professionals. Methods: The pilot services were implemented to enhance healthcare service quality, improve patient safety, and provide an effective business process to health professionals in a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. The services to enhance healthcare service quality include healing tours, cancer information/education, psychological assessments, indoor navigation, and exercise volume checking. The services to improve patient safety are monitoring of high-risk inpatients and delivery of real-time health information in emergency situations. In addition, the services to provide an effective business process to health professionals include surveys and web services for patient management. Results: Considering the sustainability of the pilot services, we decided to pause navigation and patient monitoring services until the interference problem could be completely resolved because beacon signal interference significantly influences the quality of services. On the other hand, we had to continue to provide new wearable beacons to high-risk patients because of hygiene issues, so the cost increased over time and was much higher than expected. Conclusions: To make the smart connected hospital services sustainable, technical feasibility (e.g., beacon signal interference), economic feasibility (e.g., continuous provision of new necklace beacons), and organizational commitment and support (e.g., renewal of new alternative medical devices and infrastructure) are required.