title: LOBIN: E-textile and wireless-sensor-network-based platform for healthcare monitoring in future hospital environments.
abstract: This paper describes a novel healthcare IT platform developed under the LOBIN project, which allows monitoring several physiological parameters, such as ECG, heart rate, body temperature, etc., and tracking the location of a group of patients within hospital environments. The combination of e-textile and wireless sensor networks provides an efficient way to support noninvasive and pervasive services demanded by future healthcare environments. This paper presents the architecture, system deployment as well as validation results from both laboratory tests and a pilot scheme developed with real users in collaboration with the Cardiology Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.affiliation: Telematic Engineering Department, Carlos III University, Madrid 28911, Spain. gregorio.lopez@uc3m.es
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Custodio
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001831:Body Temperature; D003020:Clothing; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006339:Heart Rate; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*