Nagrody w Seulu
Na odbywających się w dniach 1-4 grudnia br. VII Międzynarodowych Targach Wynalazków SIIF w Seulu innowacyjne rozwiązania Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej uzyskały nagrody i wyróżnienia. Nagrodę Specjalną TIA (Taiwan Invention Association)zdobył projekt „bodyGUARD – fuzja danych sensorycznych w monitoringu i identyfikacji schorzeń metabolicznych.” - twórców: mgr inż. Mariusz Chmielewski, inż. Piotr Stąpor, mgr inż. Bartłomiej Wójtowicz, inż. Witold Matuszewski, inż. Patryk Bandurski – Wydział Cybernetyki. Przypomnijmy, że projekt ten dostał się również do finałów krajowych ImagineCup 2011.
BodyGUARD is health monitoring solution consisting of hardware biomedical sensors, mobile applications and server facilities. System is aimed at delivering distributed services able to transfer registered biomedical measurements of blood components (glucose, ketones, lipids, lactate), pressure, ECG, body weight, etc. to reasoning mechanisms which identify possible metabolism disorders. Solution supports three areas of expertise: medical diagnostics, metabolism monitoring and physical training support. Each of those domains requires constant monitoring of biomedical signals, activity and dietary reporting which have been packed into smartphones. BodyGUARD provides intelligent sensor signal analysis in order to identify and diagnose organism metabolism trajectory. Implemented mechanisms utilise digital signal processing, neural networks and rule based inference in order to identify patient’s health state, considering biomedical signals. Conducted medical equipment analysis imposed set of characteristics which have been thoroughly investigated in order to develop set of premises describing particular health disorders. It is intentional that hardware infrastructure has been based on third-party available wireless sensors such as: glucosemeters, lactate meters, pulsoximeters, ECG sensors and blood pressure sensors. Device reusability gives the economic advantage, although requires additional application of specific BodyGUARD receiver device, responsible for fusing and maintaining sensor communication with mobile phone. System back-end delivers medical inference facilities and data storage with additional human-in-the-loop monitoring. For that particular purpose a web portal has been developed offering instant access to data, geographical location and instant notification in case of alerts or important-event record. Scenarios of possible system usage emphasise the importance of personal biomedical non-invasive health monitoring that can be used to decrease the costs of disease diagnostics and prevention. Focus on monitoring metabolism level and associated organism chemical indicators can be used to verify the physical state, endurance and stamina associated with individual health, which have been discussed in latest medical publications in this domain. BodyGUARD is an attempt to benefit from that knowledge and contain it in form of computer supported, automated range of medical services optimising human metabolism by recommending and monitoring physical activity, medical treatment and diet.