Deployment of wireless sensor network for the measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in in-home healthcare

Surendran, Elango; Natarajan, Mathivanan; Venkatesh Krishna, Arun; Kanagavel, Vairamani; Chandran, Karunakaran; Thangamuthu, Madasamy; Manickam, Pandiaraj

Abstract

In-home healthcare facilitates people monitor health related parameters in a domestic place and provide vital information for medical diagonosis. The exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) is a promising parameter for the diagnosis and the treatment in human lungs disorder. The present work employs a home made NO sensor connected to wireless sensor network (WSN) for determining the ENO level of the user in parts per billion (ppb). The prototype system has been calibrated using saturated NO solution of fixed concentarations before taking actual breath samples. The sensor design, amperometric measurement circuit and the operation of WSN hardware and WSN software are described in this paper. Sensor calibration studies have been done using three home made NO sensors. The correlation coefficient and percentage of error of all three studies have been calculated and reported.

Citation

Surendran, E., Natarajan, M., Venkatesh Krishna, A., Kanagavel, V., Chandran, K., Thangamuthu, M., & Manickam, P. (2012). Deployment of wireless sensor network for the measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in in-home healthcare. Sensors & Transducers, 142(7), 87-94

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 23, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Jul 31, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012-07
• Deposit Date: Oct 7, 2024
• Journal: Sensors & Transducers
• Electronic ISSN: 1726-5479
• Publisher: International Frequency Sensor Association
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 142
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 87-94
• Keywords: Exhaled nitric oxide, In-home healthcare, Wireless Sensor Network, NO sensor, Amperometric measurement, Virtual instrumentation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/40295046
• Publisher URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1506788202/32133A19AB834FABPQ/12?accountid=8018&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals#