Categorization of COPD patient's health level through the use of the CHRONIOUS wearable platform.
The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic disease that causes airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. As a Chronic disease it requires specific treatment plan and patient management for a long period of time. Critical factor in the process is the realization of frequent and precise diagnostic tests that describes the health status of the patient. The CHRONIOUS system provides the required easy-to-use wearable platform aiming at the successful management of COPD patients. Several signals and patient's data are stored by the utilization of an ergonomic jacket and through the patient's platform interface. Hybrid techniques based on supervised and unsupervised methodologies were applied for the analysis of the patient's situation. The categorization of health level of the patient to discrete levels is achieved in a continuous base. Useful outcomes in the form of message or advice are extracted appeared on patient's and clinician's devices denoting his health status.
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, GR 45110 Ioannina, Greece. cbellos@cc.uoi.gr
Christos
C
Bellos
Athanassios
A
Papadopoulos
Roberto
R
Rosso
Dimitrios I
DI
Fotiadis
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044962:Data Compression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted