IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing - Vol 2 - Workshops
A ubiquitous warning system for asthma-inducement
Taichung, Taiwan
June 05-June 07
ISBN: 0-7695-2553-9
Zhi-Hui Lian, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
In this paper, we introduce a medical application of the Global Positioning System (GPS). For an asthmatic patient, he or she can carry a portable GPS device to prevent possible morbidity of asthma during his or her outdoor activities of daily livings. To reduce possible allergy asthma, the GPS-enable device continuously consults a remote server with sending user?s position to decide whether current ambient air quality will threaten user?s health. The server of the detecting system collects real-time data from the network of national air quality monitoring stations. For the response to a remote query, the server makes decision of warning messages according to a proposed asthma neural network model. The proposed system is hopeful for asthmatic patients.
Index Terms:
Asthma, Air pollution, Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Decision Support System (DSS), Smartphone, Environmental health, Neural network
Citation:
Hsueh-Ting Chu, Chir-Chang Huang, Zhi-Hui Lian, Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, "A ubiquitous warning system for asthma-inducement," sutc, vol. 2, pp.186-191, IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing - Vol 2 - Workshops, 2006