A new class of sensing paradigm known as lab-onskin where stretchable and flexible smart sensor devices are integrated into the skin, provides direct monitoring and diagnostic interfaces to the body. Distributed lab-on-skin wireless sensors have the ability to provide continuous long term assessment of the skin health. This paper proposes a distributed skin health monitoring system using a wireless body area network. The system is responsive to the dynamic changes in the skin health, and remotely reports on the same. The proposed algorithm detects the abnormal skin and creates an energy efficient data aggregation tree covering the affected area while putting the unnecessary sensors to sleep mode. The algorithm responds to the changing conditions of the skin by dynamically adapting the size and shape of the monitoring trees to that of the abnormal skin areas thus providing a comprehensive monitoring. Simulation results demonstrate the application and utility of the proposed algorithm for changing wound shapes and sizes.
翻译:将可伸缩和灵活的智能传感器装置纳入皮肤的实验骨骼,为身体提供直接监测和诊断界面。分布式皮肤无线传感器有能力对皮肤健康进行持续的长期评估。本文建议使用无线身体区域网络建立一个分布式皮肤健康监测系统。该系统对皮肤健康动态变化作出反应,并进行远程报告。拟议算法检测异常皮肤,并创建覆盖受影响地区的节能数据聚合树,同时将不必要的传感器置于睡眠模式。算法通过动态调整监测树的大小和形状以适应异常皮肤区域的形状来应对皮肤状况的变化,从而提供全面监测。模拟结果显示了改变伤口形状和大小的拟议算法的应用和效用。