title: Integrated wireless sensor network for monitoring pregnant women.
abstract: The paper presents an integrated monitoring system for pregnant women in the third trimester using a mobile cardiotocograph and body sensors. The medical staff has a useful tool to detect abnormalities and prevent unfortunate events in time. The mobile cardiotocograph sends data in real time to a Smartphone that communicates the information in a cloud. The physician accesses the data using the hospital ObgGyn application. The advantage of using this system is that the pregnant woman can follow her pregnancy status evolution from home, and the physician receives alarms from the system if the data is not in normal range and has available information about the health status at any time and location.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Automation and Computers, University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niţulescu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Automation and Computers, University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crişan-Vida
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Automation and Computers, University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Lăcrămioara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoicu-Tivadar
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernad
mesh_terms: D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D056902:Clinical Alarms; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012383:Romania; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*