Abstract:
The invention relates to a distress signaling system, a body area network for enabling a distress signaling, a method for signaling a condition of a distress and a vehicle arranged with the distress signaling system. The distress signaling system 10 according to the invention comprises monitoring means 11 arranged in a vehicle in order to monitor a vital sign of a seated passenger by means of a sensor 12 arranged to measure a signal representative to said sign. The monitoring means 11 are preferably arranged to perform a continuous monitoring of the vital sign of the passenger and are further arranged to provide a corresponding signal to the front-end electronics 20 of the system 10 . The front-end electronics 20 is arranged to analyze the signal from the monitoring means 11 . For that purpose the front-end electronics 20 comprises a data processing means 21 arranged to process the measured signal in order to yield data representative to a condition of the passenger. The data processing means 21 comprises a preamplifier 22 , an analogue processing circuit 22 and an ADC unit 23 . The data processing means 21 forwards the corresponding data to the data analysis means 25 , arranged to analyze said data in order to yield a condition-related parameter. The determined condition-related parameter is written into a first look-up table 25 a. The data analysis means 25 is further arranged to compare said condition-related parameter to a preset valid parameter stored in a second look-up table 25 b. In case the data analysis means detects that the condition-related parameter exceeds a preset valid parameter, it generates a trigger signal to actuate the indicating means 26 . The indicating means 26 receives the trigger signal and generate a suitable feedback to the passenger, preferably by means of a suitable user-interface 27 . Additionally, the indicating means 26 can be arranged to control a vehicle control system 29 , in order to alter a cabin environment, or to actuate an alarming means of the vehicle, like an acoustic alarm and/or the emergency lights and/or to actuate an engine of the vehicle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system ( 1 ) for monitoring a conductivity in a volume. The system according to the invention is suited to be used for industrial and medical applications. The system ( 1 ) comprises a resonant circuit ( 2,4,10 ) comprising a conductive coil ( 4 ) driven by a power supply means ( 8 ), said conductive coil being arranged to induce an oscillating magnetic field in the volume. The power supply means ( 8 ) is arranged to measure a power loss of said resonant circuit due to the conductivity in the volume. The conductive coil ( 4 ) is arranged to be integrated into an insulating fabric ( 9 ). Preferably the conductor forming the conductive coil is interwoven with threads of fabric. For medical applications it is preferable that the system is integrated into a bodywear, for example a T-shirt.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system ( 1 ) for monitoring a conductivity in a volume. The system according to the invention is suited to be used for industrial and medical applications. The system ( 1 ) comprises a resonant circuit ( 2,4,10 ) comprising a conductive coil ( 4 ) driven by a power supply means ( 8 ), said conductive coil being arranged to induce an oscillating magnetic field in the volume. The power supply means ( 8 ) is arranged to measure a power loss of said resonant circuit due to the conductivity in the volume. The conductive coil ( 4 ) is arranged to be integrated into an insulating fabric ( 9 ). Preferably the conductor forming the conductive coil is interwoven with threads of fabric. For medical applications it is preferable that the system is integrated into a bodywear, for example a T-shirt.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a distress signaling system, a body area network for enabling a distress signaling, a method for signaling a condition of a distress and a vehicle arranged with the distress signaling system. The distress signaling system 10 according to the invention comprises monitoring means 11 arranged in a vehicle in order to monitor a vital sign of a seated passenger by means of a sensor 12 arranged to measure a signal representative to said sign. The monitoring means 11 are preferably arranged to perform a continuous monitoring of the vital sign of the passenger and are further arranged to provide a corresponding signal to the front-end electronics 20 of the system 10 . The front-end electronics 20 is arranged to analyze the signal from the monitoring means 11 . For that purpose the front-end electronics 20 comprises a data processing means 21 arranged to process the measured signal in order to yield data representative to a condition of the passenger. The data processing means 21 comprises a preamplifier 22 , an analogue processing circuit 22 and an ADC unit 23 . The data processing means 21 forwards the corresponding data to the data analysis means 25 , arranged to analyze said data in order to yield a condition-related parameter. The determined condition-related parameter is written into a first look-up table 25 a. The data analysis means 25 is further arranged to compare said condition-related parameter to a preset valid parameter stored in a second look-up table 25 b. In case the data analysis means detects that the condition-related parameter exceeds a preset valid parameter, it generates a trigger signal to actuate the indicating means 26 . The indicating means 26 receives the trigger signal and generate a suitable feedback to the passenger, preferably by means of a suitable user-interface 27 . Additionally, the indicating means 26 can be arranged to control a vehicle control system 29 , in order to alter a cabin environment, or to actuate an alarming means of the vehicle, like an acoustic alarm and/or the emergency lights and/or to actuate an engine of the vehicle.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a depression detection system (2). Furthermore the invention relates to a method of detecting depressions and to a computer program. In order to provide an objective measure for a depression as well as for a relapse into depression, a depression detection system is suggested, the system comprising a patient-based device (2) using an actimetric sensor unit (3) adapted to measure a patient's activity and further comprising a signal processing unit (4) adapted to obtain a depression detection result based on the measured activity of the patient.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a localization system that can be used for example in invasive interventions for determining the position of a catheter (2) such that this position can be mapped onto a previously acquired image (22) of the examined body region. The system comprises a transmitter (TX) that can be attached to the instrument to be located and that emits electromagnetic localization signals (S). Moreover, it comprises receivers (RX1, RX2, RX3) disposed at different known locations that pickup the localization signals outside the patient body. An evaluation unit (10) can then infer the spatial position of the transmitter (TX) from the measured arrival times of the localization signal at the different receivers (RX1, RX2, RX3).
Abstract:
A method for radiotherapy monitoring is provided. The method comprises calculation of treatment-guiding indices of side-effects based on processing image derived descriptors and measurement values of selected disease specific biomarkers and optionally questionnaire data. A computer program product is also provided.
Abstract:
A method of detecting atrial fibrillation from an ECG is presented, comprising a combination of at least two of the steps of analyzing R-R interval sequences to produce a measure of the irregularity of the RR interval sequence; canceling the QRST portion of the ECG, and analyzing the resulting signal; and analyzing the ECG signal preceding the QRS complex, to determine the presence or absence of P-waves. This is followed by a step of using a classifier to classify the ECG into one of two classes, namely "AF present" and "AF absent", based on a range or ranges of results of the measurement steps which are determined in advance. The invention improves patient monitoring.