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Reliability in Light-Weight Medical Monitoring Platforms
Roozbeh Jafari - University of California at Berkeley, USA
Ani Nahapetian - University of California at Los Angeles, USA
V. Reggie Edgerton - University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Ruzena Bajcsy - University of California at Berkeley, USA
Majid Sarrafzadeh - University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Light-weight embedded systems are now gaining more popularity in the
domain of medical monitoring and wearable computers due to the recent
technological advances in fabrication of more powerful tiny processors
as well as their ability to communicate. Yet, they still pose various
scientific challenges for researchers. One of the major challenges
relates to reliability, mainly due to the use of rather simple and cost
effective components and the often critical nature of the applications.
Additionally, usability, maintainability and adaptability are key
concerns that need to be addressed. In this tutorial, we provide a brief
description of light-weight medical monitoring systems along with two
clinical applications implemented on our prototype system. Furthermore,
we present several challenges that researchers face with respect to
improving the reliability in such systems. For every challenge, we
highlight several design approaches that may enhance the overall
performance of the system and ensure dependable execution of tasks.
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