TY - GEN
T1 - Non-invasive insole optical fiber sensor architecture for monitoring foot anomalies
AU - Domingues, M. Fátima
AU - Tavares, Cátia
AU - Alberto, Nélia
AU - Leitão, Cátia
AU - Antunes, Paulo
AU - André, Paulo
AU - De Lima, Eduardo Rocon
AU - Sucasas, Victor
AU - Radwan, Ayman
AU - Rodriguez, Jonathan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-017787, co-financed by the European Funds for Regional Development (FEDER) by FEDER and COMPETE2020 funds, and the corresponding European labelled project CELTIC+ C2015/1-5 MUSCLES. The work is also supported from funding by Instituto de Telecomunicações through the project WeHope. M. Fátima Domingues and Nélia Alberto acknowledge support from FCT through the fellowships SFRH/BPD/101372/2014 and SFRH/BPD/78141/2011, respectively. Ayman Radwan acknowledges the financial support from FCT through the researcher grant project: 5G-AHEAD (ref. IF/01393/2015). Author Eduardo Rocon de Lima acknowledges CAPES (PVE nº A126/2013). We also acknowledge the research group on “Non-crystalline solids and disordered systems” from I3N-Aveiro for all the assistance, especially to Dr. Nuno Ferreira.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - The continuous aging of the population has increased health risks, leading to the need for close monitoring of elder citizens and patients. Fortunately, the field of e-Health has been experiencing great progress, although it still faces challenges, since it needs to be applied without compromising the mobility or lifestyle of monitored patients; i.e. non-invasive. Addressing such challenges, we present a non-invasive energy-efficient insole optical fiber sensor architecture for plantar pressure monitoring. The paper shows the design and implementation of a non-invasive "in-sole" optical fiber sensor network (using Fiber Bragg Gratings), which is able to monitor health conditions by observing plantar pressure distribution in the foot. The system integrates the optical fiber sensor network with an energy efficient wireless transceiver, in order to allow continuous monitoring of monitored patients, during their uninterrupted daily routine. The paper presents the calibration and laboratory measurements of the sensing network. The recorded measurements show the suitability and high accuracy of the proposed system in monitoring the plantar pressure distribution during walking movement (i.e. gait).
AB - The continuous aging of the population has increased health risks, leading to the need for close monitoring of elder citizens and patients. Fortunately, the field of e-Health has been experiencing great progress, although it still faces challenges, since it needs to be applied without compromising the mobility or lifestyle of monitored patients; i.e. non-invasive. Addressing such challenges, we present a non-invasive energy-efficient insole optical fiber sensor architecture for plantar pressure monitoring. The paper shows the design and implementation of a non-invasive "in-sole" optical fiber sensor network (using Fiber Bragg Gratings), which is able to monitor health conditions by observing plantar pressure distribution in the foot. The system integrates the optical fiber sensor network with an energy efficient wireless transceiver, in order to allow continuous monitoring of monitored patients, during their uninterrupted daily routine. The paper presents the calibration and laboratory measurements of the sensing network. The recorded measurements show the suitability and high accuracy of the proposed system in monitoring the plantar pressure distribution during walking movement (i.e. gait).
KW - EHealth care
KW - Fiber bragg gratings
KW - Internet of things
KW - Optical fiber sensing
KW - Plantar pressure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046109172&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2017.8255026
DO - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2017.8255026
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046109172
T3 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017
Y2 - 4 December 2017 through 8 December 2017
ER -