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Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare

Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers

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  1. Konstantina S. Nikita

    1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  2. James C. Lin

    1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  3. Dimitrios I. Fotiadis

    1. Dept.of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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  4. Maria-Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer

    1. Dpto. Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicación, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Life Supporting Technologies, Madrid, Spain

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Table of contents (58 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Session We.1: Intrabody Communications and Transmission of Patient Data

    1. A Distributed-Parameter Approach to Model Galvanic and Capacitive Coupling for Intra-body Communications

      • M. Amparo Callejón, Javier Reina-Tosina, Laura M. Roa, David Naranjo
      Pages 1-8

    2. An Ultra-Low Power MAC Protocol for In-body Medical Implant Networks

      • Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Balwant Godara, Amara Amara
      Pages 9-15

    3. On the Effectiveness of Relaxation Theory for Controlling High Traffic Volumes in Body Sensor Networks

      • Naimah Yaakob, Ibrahim Khalil, Jiankun Hu
      Pages 16-23

    4. Design and Validation of a Secure Communication Platform for Mobile Health

      • Beatriz Martín de Juan, Miguel Ángel Valero Duboy, Diana Soler, José Manuel Azorín, Rafael Conde
      Pages 24-31

  3. Session We.2: ICT Technologies and Tools for Chronic Disease Management (Special Session)

    1. Activity Recognition Using Smartphones and Wearable Wireless Body Sensor Networks

      • Ioannis Kouris, Dimitris Koutsouris
      Pages 32-37

    2. Decision Support for the Remote Management of Chronic Patients

      • Sara Colantonio, Giuseppe De Pietro, Massimo Esposito, Alberto Machì, Massimo Martinelli, Ovidio Salvetti
      Pages 38-45

    3. Risk Assessment Models for Diabetes Complications: A Survey of Available Online Tools

      • Lefteris Koumakis, Franco Chiarugi, Vincenzo Lagani, Angelina Kouroubali, Ioannis Tsamardinos
      Pages 46-53

    4. Clinical Effectiveness of the “Healthwear” Wearable System in the Reduction of COPD Patients’ Hospitalization

      • Alexis Milsis, Theodoros Katsaras, Nicolaos Saoulis, Evita Varoutaki, Aggelos Vontetsianos
      Pages 54-60

    5. Towards an Accessible Personal Health Record

      • Ioannis Basdekis, Vangelis Sakkalis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 61-68

    6. Developing Advanced Technology Services for Diabetes Management: User Preferences in Europe

      • Angelina Kouroubali, Franco Chiarugi
      Pages 69-74

  4. Session We.3: Advances in Wireless Implantable Devices (Special Session)

    1. Wireless Microrobotic Oxygen Sensing for Retinal Hypoxia Monitoring

      • Olgaç Ergeneman, George Chatzipirpiridis, Salvador Pané, Georgios A. Sotiriou, Christos Bergeles, Bradley J. Nelson
      Pages 75-79

    2. Meandered versus Spiral Novel Miniature PIFAs Implanted in the Human Head: Tuning and Performance

      • Asimina Kiourti, Konstantina S. Nikita
      Pages 80-87

    3. A Radio Channel Model for In-body Wireless Communications

      • Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost
      Pages 88-95

    4. Parametric Study and Design of Implantable PIFAs for Wireless Biotelemetry

      • Asimina Kiourti, Michalis Tsakalakis, Konstantina S. Nikita
      Pages 96-102

    5. In Vitro and In Vivo Operation of a Wireless Body Sensor Node

      • Francesco Merli, Léandre Bolomey, François Gorostidi, Yann Barrandon, Eric Meurville, Anja K. Skrivervik
      Pages 103-110

    6. Recent Results in Computer Security for Medical Devices

      • Shane S. Clark, Kevin Fu
      Pages 111-118

  5. Session We.4: Mobile Devices for Patient Monitoring

    1. Wearable System for EKG Monitoring - Evaluation of Night-Time Performance

      • Antti Vehkaoja, Jarmo Verho, Alper Cömert, Markku Honkala, Jukka Lekkala
      Pages 119-126

    2. A Smartphone-Based Healthcare Monitoring System—PHY Challenges and Behavioral Aspects

      • Nabil Alrajeh, Ezio Biglieri, Bouchaïb Bounabat, Angel Lozano
      Pages 127-134

    3. Phone Based Fall Risk Prediction

      • Vânia Guimarães, Pedro M. Teixeira, Miguel P. Monteiro, Dirk Elias
      Pages 135-142
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, MobiHealth 2011, held on Kos Island, Greece, in October 2011. The 60 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 80 submissions. The papers are organized in 10 sessions and two workshops with topics covering intrabody communications, chronic disease monitoring and management, ambient assistive technologies, implantable and wearable sensors, emergency and disaster applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Konstantina S. Nikita

  • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    James C. Lin

  • Dept.of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Dimitrios I. Fotiadis

  • Dpto. Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicación, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Life Supporting Technologies, Madrid, Spain

    Maria-Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer

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