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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

 

November Meeting

Thursday, November  16, 2006
Sponsored by G.O.L.D., Kansas City Chapter

Menu: (Note your choice when you register.) Beef Florentine

  • Grilled flank steak smothered in a cream sauce on top of a bed of spinach with a side
  • of sweet potatoes and glazed carrots. This is gluten-free.
  • Vegetarian Option: Creamed spinach with sweet potatoes and glazed carrots.

Program: In Pursuit of Intelligent Wearable Health Monitoring Systems.

Presenter: Steve Warren, Ph.D., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University.

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) offer unprecedented opportunities to monitor state of health without constraining wearer activities. Component-based infrastructures can be put in place that allow wearable monitoring environments to be configured ‘on-the-fly’ and still be far more flexible than traditional “telemedicine” products.

Early instantiations of these mobile point-of-care systems are now realizable due to the convergence of technologies such as low-power wireless communication standards, plug-and-play device buses, handheld computers, electronic medical records, and the Internet. To increase acceptance of personal monitoring technology while lowering equipment cost, advances must be made in interoperability (at both the system and device levels) and security.

This presentation presents an assessment of current WBAN technology, an overview of the technologies required to deliver intelligent care in ambulatory environments, and a summary of work underway to this end in the Medical Component Design Laboratory at Kansas State University (KSU). KSU efforts target the use of interoperability standards such as ISO/IEEE 11073, Bluetooth, and Health Level 7.

 

Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St. Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your left.


Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM

Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15. No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on Monday, November 13.

The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage options:

  • House Wine $4.00
  • Domestic Beer $3.50
  • Imported Beer $4.00
  • Bottled Water $2.50
  • Soft Drinks $2.00

Register: november @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.

Each meeting provides one hour of professional development.

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