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- Title
A Pervasive System for Nuclear Medicine Department.
- Authors
Della Vecchia, Gennaro; Esposito, Massimo
- Abstract
Pervasive Computing technologies can be successfully adopted in designing smart and enhanced healthcare services and applications. Within a typical healthcare institution, one particular facility which can greatly benefit from pervasive technologies is the Nuclear Medicine Department, where nuclear medicine diagnostic tests like PET scan and nuclear scintigraphy are routinely carried out involving the use of radioactive substances. This paper presents a pervasive healthcare system which is intended to support clinicians in handling nuclear medicine test sessions within an appropriate, safety-aware context. The proposed system also includes features to easily interoperate with heterogeneous software and databases already present in traditional hospitals. Its design lies on a methodology which integrates RFID and photoelectric sensor technologies. An experimental prototype has been implemented and tested showing the feasibility of the system in a real healthcare facility.
- Subjects
MEDICAL technology; MEDICAL care; RADIOSCOPIC diagnosis equipment; NUCLEAR medicine; UBIQUITOUS computing; RADIO frequency identification systems; COMPUTER software
- Publication
Wireless Personal Communications, 2010, Vol 55, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
0929-6212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11277-009-9789-x