title: Design of smart neonatal health monitoring system using SMCC.
abstract: Automated health monitoring and alert system development is a demanding research area today. Most of the currently available monitoring and controlling medical devices are wired which limits freeness of working environment. Wireless sensor network (WSN) is a better alternative in such an environment. Neonatal intensive care unit is used to take care of sick and premature neonates. Hypothermia is an independent risk factor for neonatal mortality and morbidity. To prevent it an automated monitoring system is required. In this Letter, an automated neonatal health monitoring system is designed using sensor mobile cloud computing (SMCC). SMCC is based on WSN and MCC. In the authors' system temperature sensor, acceleration sensor and heart rate measurement sensor are used to monitor body temperature, acceleration due to body movement and heart rate of neonates. The sensor data are stored inside the cloud. The health person continuously monitors and accesses these data through the mobile device using an Android Application for neonatal monitoring. When an abnormal situation arises, an alert is generated in the mobile device of the health person. By alerting health professional using such an automated system, early care is provided to the affected babies and the probability of recovery is increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, BF142, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064, West Bengal, India; Department of Physics, University of Western Australia, Perth, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering , West Bengal University of Technology , BF142, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064, West Bengal , India.
authors.forename: Anwesha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Medical Division, Port Hospital, Haldia Dock Complex, Kolkata Port Trust, West Bengal 721 607, India; Department of Community Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical Collage and Hospital, Kolkata 700 004, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Arkaprabha
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2307-3272
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sau
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering , West Bengal University of Technology , BF142, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064, West Bengal , India.
authors.forename: Ishita
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bhakta
keywords: Android application; acceleration sensor; accelerometers; alert system development; automated health monitoring; body movement; body temperature; cardiology; cloud computing; heart rate measurement sensor; hypothermia; intelligent sensors; mobile device; neonatal intensive care unit; paediatrics; patient monitoring; premature neonates; sensor mobile cloud computing; smart neonatal health monitoring system; smart phones; temperature sensor; temperature sensors; wireless radiant warmer; wireless sensor network; wireless sensor networks