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- ItemMobile phone-enabled control of medical care and handicapped assistance.(2011-10-27) Liu, Lin; Liu, JingMobile phones are now playing an ever more crucial role in people s daily lives They are serving not only as a way of talking and delivering messages but also for exchanging various information Nevertheless the functional limit of the phone is still far from being reached Among the many promising applications using mobile phones as an actuating element to control data or devices is useful in quite a few emerging medical care and handicapped assistance settings owing to its wireless communication feature In this article selected progresses of mobile phone enabled controlling have been summarized with more focus on evaluating its emerging roles in medical care Several typical applications in the area are illustrated and some potential technical challenges and key issues worthy of pursuit are outlined The intent of the article is to provide an elementary knowledge for people with different backgrounds such as electrical or biomedical engineers as well as people who are working on interdisciplinary areas It is expected that medical care at any time and anywhere will be possible via the actuation platform provided by the mobile phone and mobile medicine will be pushed forward to a new height in the coming years
- Item[Realization of a compact mobile phone based wireless plantar pressure monitoring system and application].(2012-08-24) Liu, Lin; Liu, JingAn improved compact mobile phone based wireless plantar pressure monitoring system and software are proposed based on former progress which can collect pressure data by sensors and circuit board transmit data through Bluetooth wirelessly and display and calculate the data on the mobile terminal Conceptual experiments carried out demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the new system The system is expected to be widely used in the future owing to its portability ease of use and cost effectiveness
- ItemTuberculosis Treatment Monitoring by Video Directly Observed Therapy in 5 Health Districts, California, USA.(0000-00-00) Garfein, Richard S; Liu, Lin; Cuevas-Mota, Jazmine; Collins, Kelly; Muñoz, Fatima; Catanzaro, Donald G; Moser, Kathleen; Higashi, Julie; Al-Samarrai, Teeb; Kriner, Paula; Vaishampayan, Julie; Cepeda, Javier; Bulterys, Michelle A; Martin, Natasha K; Rios, Phillip; Raab, FredricWe assessed video directly observed therapy VDOT for monitoring tuberculosis treatment in 5 health districts in California USA to compare adherence between 174 patients using VDOT and 159 patients using in person directly observed therapy DOT Multivariable linear regression analyses identified participant reported sociodemographics risk behaviors and treatment experience associated with adherence Median participant age was 44 range 18 87 years 61 of participants were male Median fraction of expected doses observed FEDO among VDOT participants was higher 93 0 interquartile range IQR 83 4 97 1 than among patients receiving DOT 66 4 IQR 55 1 89 3 Most participants 96 would recommend VDOT to others 90 preferred VDOT over DOT Lower FEDO was independently associated with US or Mexico birth shorter VDOT duration finding VDOT difficult frequently taking medications while away from home and having video recording problems pUnder0 05 VDOT cost 32 range 6 46 less than DOT VDOT was feasible acceptable and achieved high adherence at lower cost than DOT