title: DIORAMA: dynamic information collection and resource tracking architecture.
abstract: DIORAMA is a real-time scalable decision support framework built on rapid information collection and accurate resource tracking functionalities. Using RFID technology the proposed system tracks emergency responders and victims at the disaster scene. DIORAMA improves the accuracy and decreases the time it takes rescuers to triage, treat and evacuate victims from a disaster scene, as compared to the traditional methods and process that involves using paper triage tags. The information can then be viewed from a website that shows a satellite image of the disaster area with icons representing the paramedics and victims.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Aura
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganz
authors.forename: Xunyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Hauwe
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Nathanson
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burstein
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ciottone
authors.forename: Graydon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010361:Patients; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D012984:Software; D018531:Spacecraft; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface