title: Headset Bluetooth and cell phone based continuous central body temperature measurement system.
abstract: The accurate measure of the central temperature is a very important physiologic indicator in several clinical applications, namely, in the characterization and diagnosis of sleep disorders. In this paper a simple system is described to continuously measure the body temperature at the ear. An electronic temperature sensor is coupled to the microphone of a common commercial auricular Bluetooth device that sends the temperature measurements to a mobile phone to which is paired. The measurements are stored at the mobile phone and periodically sent to a medical facility by email or SMS (short messaging service).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Systems and Robotics, Switzerland. jmrs@ist.ul.pt
authors.forename: J Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sanches
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D000465:Algorithms; D001831:Body Temperature; D040421:Cell Phone; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004581:Electronics; D006801:Humans; D008550:Melatonin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin