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UNIT II ENERGY HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE DEVICES 10
Introduction to Solar cell, Vibration based, Thermal based, Principles of Energy Harvesting by
Using Human Body Heat, Thermal electrical generators (TEGs) in wearable devices, Hybrid
thermoelectric photovoltaic energy harvests, Thermopiles.

UNIT III WIRELESS HEALTH SYSTEMS 10
Need for wireless monitoring, Definition of Body area network, BAN and Healthcare, Technical
Challenges- System security and reliability, BAN Architecture – Introduction, Wireless
communication techniques. Bio hacking and regulatory considerations. Medical Diagnostics,
Medical Patients Monitoring, Multi parameter monitoring, Neural recording, Gait analysis, Sports
Medicine, Smart Fabrics

TOTAL: 30 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course students will be able to
• Explain need of wireless health systems and the application of wearable systems
• Apply the energy harvesting techniques in the wearable devices
• Develop the wearable device for patient monitoring applications.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Annalisa Bonfiglio,Danilo De Rossi ,"Wearable Monitoring Systems", Springer, 2011.
2. Sandeep K.S. Gupta,Tridib Mukherjee,Krishna Kumar Venkatasubramanian, "Body
AreaNetworks Safety,Security, and Sustainability," Cambridge University Press, 2013.

REFERENCES:
1. Hang,Yuan-Ting,"wearable medical sensors and systems",Springer-2013
2. Mehmet R. Yuce,Jamil Y.Khan, "Wireless Body Area Networks Technology,
Implementationand Applications",Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, 2012

BM17E28 TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY L T P C
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OBJECTIVES
• Understand the key principles for Telehealth.
• Learn various technologies and standards related to telehealth

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF TELEMEDICINE: 7
History of telemedicine, definition of telemedicine, tele-health, tele-care, scope, Telemedicine
Systems – Functional diagram, benefits & limitations of telemedicine.

UNIT II TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES 8
Principles of Multimedia - Audio, video, still images, text and data, fax-type of communications and
network: PSTN, POTS, ANT, ISDN, internet, air/ wireless communications, GSM satellite, micro
wave, Mobile health and ubiquitous healthcare. Internet technology and telemedicine using world
wide web (www). Clinical data – local and centralized. PACS architecture. Encryption,
Cryptography.

TOTAL: 15 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course students will be able to
• Design the wireless technology for telemedicine

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