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AI-Driven Internet-of-Thing (AIoT) for E-health Applications

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 November 2024 | Viewed by 5539

Special Issue Editors

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Interests: wireless sensor network; Internet of Things; telemedicine; artificial intelligence
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Department of BioMedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
Interests: biosignal snalysis based on artificial intelligence algorithms; development of smart phone healthcare APP; medical appllcation of virtual reality system; medical wearable device design
Department of Electronic Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan
Interests: cloud/IoT systems and applications; protocols for heterogeneous networks; wireless sensor networks/ high-speed networks design and analysis; wearable devices and network systems design; artificial intelligent IoT(AIoT) systems and applications

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Internet of Things (IoT) is getting its popularity and expected to have a great impact on our daily lives. However, considering the amount of data coming from millions of connected sensors and devices, the ability to handle such big data in a timely and effective manner will decide whether we can fully enjoy the benefits of IoT. The recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), such as deep learning technologies, have brought opportunities in overcoming the challenges of IoT development. The integration of AI and IoT is expected to become a trend for many applications. When applying AIoT to healthcare, this enables accurate diagnosis and virtual monitoring of patients to develop a personalized patient experience. For example, with the assistance of AIoT technologies, we can remotely monitor and analyze the vita signs of the patients, alert healthcare professionals timely, to improve clinical outcomes and allow early diagnosis.

This Special Issue will cover all the new challenges and opportunities offered by AIoT for E-health applications

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • AIoT for telemedicine;
  • AIoT for smart hospital;
  • AIoT for mHealth (mobile health);
  • AIoT for pervasive healthcare;
  • AIoT for patient tele-monitoring;
  • AIoT for deaf and hearing-impaired;
  • AIoT for point-of-care (POC) services;
  • AIoT for patient adherence monitoring.

Prof. Dr. Kun-chan Lan
Dr. Che-Wei Lin
Prof. Dr. Wan-Jung Chang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • AI
  • IoT
  • AIoT
  • E-health

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Fuzzy-Based Efficient Healthcare Data Collection and Analysis Mechanism Using Edge Nodes in the IoMT
by Muhammad Nafees Ulfat Khan, Zhiling Tang, Weiping Cao, Yawar Abbas Abid, Wanghua Pan and Ata Ullah
Sensors 2023, 23(18), 7799; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23187799 - 11 Sep 2023
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an advanced technology that comprises numerous devices with carrying sensors to collect, send, and receive data. Due to its vast popularity and efficiency, it is employed in collecting crucial data for the health sector. As the sensors [...] Read more.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an advanced technology that comprises numerous devices with carrying sensors to collect, send, and receive data. Due to its vast popularity and efficiency, it is employed in collecting crucial data for the health sector. As the sensors generate huge amounts of data, it is better for the data to be aggregated before being transmitting the data further. These sensors generate redundant data frequently and transmit the same values again and again unless there is no variation in the data. The base scheme has no mechanism to comprehend duplicate data. This problem has a negative effect on the performance of heterogeneous networks.It increases energy consumption; and requires high control overhead, and additional transmission slots are required to send data. To address the above-mentioned challenges posed by duplicate data in the IoT-based health sector, this paper presents a fuzzy data aggregation system (FDAS) that aggregates data proficiently and reduces the same range of normal data sizes to increase network performance and decrease energy consumption. The appropriate parent node is selected by implementing fuzzy logic, considering important input parameters that are crucial from the parent node selection perspective and share Boolean digit 0 for the redundant values to store in a repository for future use. This increases the network lifespan by reducing the energy consumption of sensors in heterogeneous environments. Therefore, when the complexity of the environment surges, the efficiency of FDAS remains stable. The performance of the proposed scheme has been validated using the network simulator and compared with base schemes. According to the findings, the proposed technique (FDAS) dominates in terms of reducing energy consumption in both phases, achieves better aggregation, reduces control overhead, and requires the fewest transmission slots. Full article
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IoT-Enabled Gait Assessment: The Next Step for Habitual Monitoring
by Fraser Young, Rachel Mason, Rosie E. Morris, Samuel Stuart and Alan Godfrey
Sensors 2023, 23(8), 4100; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084100 - 19 Apr 2023
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Walking/gait quality is a useful clinical tool to assess general health and is now broadly described as the sixth vital sign. This has been mediated by advances in sensing technology, including instrumented walkways and three-dimensional motion capture. However, it is wearable technology innovation [...] Read more.
Walking/gait quality is a useful clinical tool to assess general health and is now broadly described as the sixth vital sign. This has been mediated by advances in sensing technology, including instrumented walkways and three-dimensional motion capture. However, it is wearable technology innovation that has spawned the highest growth in instrumented gait assessment due to the capabilities for monitoring within and beyond the laboratory. Specifically, instrumented gait assessment with wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) has provided more readily deployable devices for use in any environment. Contemporary IMU-based gait assessment research has shown evidence of the robust quantifying of important clinical gait outcomes in, e.g., neurological disorders to gather more insightful habitual data in the home and community, given the relatively low cost and portability of IMUs. The aim of this narrative review is to describe the ongoing research regarding the need to move gait assessment out of bespoke settings into habitual environments and to consider the shortcomings and inefficiencies that are common within the field. Accordingly, we broadly explore how the Internet of Things (IoT) could better enable routine gait assessment beyond bespoke settings. As IMU-based wearables and algorithms mature in their corroboration with alternate technologies, such as computer vision, edge computing, and pose estimation, the role of IoT communication will enable new opportunities for remote gait assessment. Full article
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