A Symbian-based mobile solution for intra-body temperature monitoring

• Author(s): Pereira, Orlando R. E. ; Caldeira, Joao M. L. P. ; Rodrigues, Joel J. P. C.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/1566
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Subject(s): Body sensor networks; Healthcare applications; Mobile e-Health; Mobile monitoring application
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Copyright © [2010] IEEE. Reprinted from 12th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services . ISBN: 978-1-4244-6374-9. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to [e-mail]. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.” Biofeedback data acquisition is an extremely important task in body sensor networks (BSNs). Data collected by sensors need to be processed in order to be shown in an easy and meaningful way for the user. The use of mobile devices may support and offer new user experiences. When connected to a BSN they can aggregate and process data collected by each sensor, providing a mobile solution for a healthcare system. This mobility offers a better patients' quality of life allowing a regular daily routine and always under monitoring. This paper proposes a Symbian-based mobile solution for intra-body temperature monitoring. Mobile device connects wirelessly to an intra-vaginal temperature sensor and interacts with sensor for temperature data collection and monitoring. This system helps women to detect their fertile and ovulation periods by the increasing of their intra-vaginal temperature. The mobile system was tested and validated with success and it is available for regular use.