Bluetooth-Based Sensor Networks for Remotely Monitoring the Physiological Signals of a Patient

Ying Zhang, Hannan Xiao
2009 IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine  
Integrating intelligent medical microsensors into a wireless communication network makes it possible to remotely collect physiological signals of a patient, release the patient from being tethered to monitoring medical instrumentations, and facilitate the patient's early hospital discharge. This can further improve life quality by providing continuous observation without the need of disrupting the patient's normal life, thus reducing the risk of infection significantly, and decreasing the cost
more » ... f the hospital and the patient. This paper discusses the implementation issues, and describes the overall system architecture of our developed Bluetooth sensor network for patient monitoring and the corresponding heart activity sensors. It also presents our approach to developing the intelligent physiological sensor nodes involving integration of Bluetooth radio technology, hardware and software organization, and our solutions for onboard signal processing. Index Terms-Bluetooth, healthcare, physiological signals, wireless sensor network. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 papers published in books and journals, and presented at conferences. His research interests include human-computer interaction, multimodal virtual environment technology, perceptive user interface, interactive visualization, wireless sensor network, and ubiquitous computing applications. Hannan Xiao received the B.Eng. degree in 1992 and M.Eng. degree in 1995, both in electronics and information system engineering from the Huazhong
doi:10.1109/titb.2009.2028883 pmid:19726266 fatcat:afc5anx3tzg7fduqqomwgwbhdm