A Pervasive Telemedicine System Exploiting the DVB-T Technology

Gianmarco Angius; Danilo Pani; Luigi Raffo; Stefano Seruis; Paolo Randaccio

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

A Pervasive Telemedicine System Exploiting the DVB-T Technology

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2507,
    author={Gianmarco Angius and Danilo Pani and Luigi Raffo and Stefano Seruis and Paolo Randaccio},
    title={A Pervasive Telemedicine System Exploiting the DVB-T Technology},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={Application software Base stations Control systems Costs Digital video broadcasting Hospitals Prototypes TV broadcasting Telemedicine Telephony},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2507}
}

Gianmarco Angius
Danilo Pani
Luigi Raffo
Stefano Seruis
Paolo Randaccio
Year: 2008
A Pervasive Telemedicine System Exploiting the DVB-T Technology
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2507

Gianmarco Angius¹^,*, Danilo Pani¹^,*, Luigi Raffo¹^,*, Stefano Seruis¹, Paolo Randaccio²^,*

1: Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Cagliari 09123 Cagliari, Italy
2: Dept. of Physics University of Cagliari 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy

*Contact email: g.angiu@diee.unica.it, pani@diee.unica.it, luigi@diee.unica.it, paolo.randaccio@ca.infn.it

Abstract

Telemedicine is a form of remote assistance to patients unable to easily reach the hospitals. The diffusion of such systems depends both on the availability of widespread low-cost platforms and on the ease of use. In this paper, a DVB-T based platform for telemedicine is presented. The proposed system enables to perform simple routine exams through a low-cost Base Station connected to the patient’s DVB-T set-top box, using the remote control and the TV screen as I/O interfaces for the user. The uplink connection is used to send the results to a remote care center. The practice with such home-entertainment equipments allows even elderly people to easily exploit the proposed platform.

Keywords: Application software Base stations Control systems Costs Digital video broadcasting Hospitals Prototypes TV broadcasting Telemedicine Telephony

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2507