Advancements
in nanotechnology will soon make it possible to fabricate a Body Sensor
Network (BSN) with miniature embedded sensors that monitor physiological
activities occurring inside of the body and simultaneously probe
the outside environment for harmful chemicals, dangerous radiation levels,
and a more general score of other hostile events. This project will
develop two new components in this area: Wireless Embedded medical SysTems
(WESTs) and HealthNet. The project has a significant
intellectual merit in engineering, medicine, and nanoscience.It will initiate a collaboration between computer scientists,
biomedical engineers, and medical doctors with the aim of using a
multidisciplinary approach to allow for the detection and treatment of
diseases in a Body Sensor Network.WESTs
will allow for the efficient monitoring of physiological occurrences
within the body through noninvasive and in-vivo biomedical sensors.WESTs will investigate how these biomedical sensors can safely and
effectively monitor the
vital signs of a patient and communicate this pertinent information to the
relevant parties. The development of this system will have broad
impact in basic computer science, biomedical engineering, clinical
medicine, and nanoscience.
Advancements
in nanotechnology will soon make it possible to fabricate a Body Sensor
Network (BSN) with miniature embedded sensors that monitor physiological
activities occurring inside of the body and simultaneously probe
the outside environment for harmful chemicals, dangerous radiation levels,
and a more general score of other hostile events. This project will
develop two new components in this area: Wireless Embedded medical SysTems
(WESTs) and HealthNet. The project has a significant
intellectual merit in engineering, medicine, and nanoscience.
It will initiate a collaboration between computer scientists,
biomedical engineers, and medical doctors with the aim of using a
multidisciplinary approach to allow for the detection and treatment of
diseases in a Body Sensor Network. WESTs
will allow for the efficient monitoring of physiological occurrences
within the body through noninvasive and in-vivo biomedical sensors.
WESTs will investigate how these biomedical sensors can safely and
effectively monitor the
vital signs of a patient and communicate this pertinent information to the
relevant parties. The development of this system will have broad
impact in basic computer science, biomedical engineering, clinical
medicine, and nanoscience.