Potential IHA thesis projects (Technical IT Distributed Real-Time Systems, Software Engineering)

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Potential IHA thesis projects(Technical IT

Distributed Real-Time Systems, Software Engineering)

Finn Overgaard Hansen (Finn Overgaard Hansen (foh@iha.dk))

Professor (ingeniørdocent) atProfessor (ingeniørdocent) at

Engineering College of AarhusEngineering College of Aarhus

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SIH Project Possibilities

• SIH (Sundhed I Hjemmet) – Personal/Private Healtcare project• A 3 years Research Project at IHA started mid 2006

• Funded by www.uvm.dk (Danish Ministry of Education)

• Funding 5 mill kr. – total project budget 11 mill kr.

• Systematics EPJ system is available for the project

• Ongoing projects:• Development of ECG/HRV (heart rate variability

sensor/communication)• Automatic medicine dispenser (RFID/communication)• Detection of liquid balance (sensor/communication)• Detection of epilepsy (censor/communication)

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System overview

SIHHomeServer

AutomaticMedicineDispenser

Wireless LAN

Wireless LAN

Hand-held

device

PatientSystem

Internet

EPJSystem

Super-visor

Server

SIH HOME

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Patient System Overview

Wireless PAN

Wireless PAN

PatientNode

PatientSensor

XX

PatientSensor

YY

Wireless LAN

Wireless LAN

GSM/GPRS

GSM/GPRS

{alternatives}

Automatic handover

project

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Thesis proposals

• Security model and public Key-based infrastructure Security model and public Key-based infrastructure for SIHfor SIH

• Infrastructure/framework project(s)Infrastructure/framework project(s)• plug and play (automatic configuration and update)plug and play (automatic configuration and update)

• Usability / Feasibility studiesUsability / Feasibility studies• Automatic hand over projectAutomatic hand over project• Wireless connectivity projects (WAN/LAN/PAN)Wireless connectivity projects (WAN/LAN/PAN)• Test of distributed SIH systemsTest of distributed SIH systems• Data capturing of real time patient data and Data capturing of real time patient data and

integration with commercial EPJ systemintegration with commercial EPJ system

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Possible Infrastructure / Framework

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Contact persons & possible supervisor candidates at IHA

• Stefan Wagner (sw@iha.dk)• Steen Krøyer (skr@iha.dk)• Torben Gregersen (tg@iha.dk)• Peter Gorm Larsen (pgl@iha.dk)• Finn Overgaard Hansen (foh@iha.dk)

For other thesis possibilities please contact foh@iha.dk or one of the other contact persons or see a project list (in danish) from spring 2007 at http://kurser.iha.dk/eit/tifspc-e/ (additional topics)