Privacy-preserving telecardiology sensor networks: toward a low-cost portable wireless hardware/software codesign

IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2007 Nov;11(6):619-27. doi: 10.1109/titb.2007.894818.

Abstract

Recently, a remote-sensing platform based on wireless interconnection of tiny ECG sensors called Telecardiology Sensor Networks (TSN) provided a promising approach to perform low-cost real-time cardiac patient monitoring at any time in community areas (such as elder nursing homes or hospitals). The contribution of this research is the design of a practical TSN hardware/software platform for a typical U.S. healthcare community scenario (such as large nursing homes with many elder patients) to perform real-time healthcare data collections. On the other hand, due to the radio broadcasting nature of MANET, a TSN has the risk of losing the privacy of patients' data. Medical privacy has been highly emphasized by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This research also designs a medical security scheme with low communication overhead to achieve confidential electrocardiogram data transmission in wireless medium.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Cardiology / economics
  • Cardiology / instrumentation
  • Cardiology / methods
  • Computer Communication Networks / economics
  • Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
  • Confidentiality*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / economics
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Remote Consultation / economics
  • Remote Consultation / instrumentation*
  • Remote Consultation / methods
  • Software Design
  • Software*
  • Telemetry / economics
  • Telemetry / instrumentation*
  • Telemetry / methods
  • Transducers
  • United States