Browsing by Author "Amarasinghe, A"

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Measuring the heart pulse rate of a human body using a smart textile panel
(2010) Athauda, T; Amarasinghe, A; Dissanayake, G; Samaravvickrama, N; Thaasan, S; Fernando, S; Jayavvardena, TSS; Niles, SN
In today's world people have been using a large number of portable electronic devices in medical diagnosis. Of particular note are the portable heart measuring meters, insulin measuring units etc. But today the world is moving towards (he path of integration of portable sophisticated devices with clothing to achieve simultaneous multi tasking approaches. The concept of electronics collaboration with textiles. called Electronic Clothing , has come to play in many areas. This paper explores this phenomenon from a textile point of view. H hat are the possibilities of integrating electronics into wearable clothing? How can the functionalities of clothing be improved with the presence of health related issues? These questions are being addressed here and the ways of integrating electronics into textile structures are also discussed. Necessary steps to textile research and the current trends of clothing will be taken into consideration with possible future trends and challenges
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Mobile healthcare network and distance consulting on 3G
(2009) Amarasinghe, A; Kariyawasam, LID; Rupasinghe, CS; Ruwansiri, WAT; Dias, SAD
Continuous monitoring of patients is becoming increasingly important with the current progress of diagnosis and medical treatment techniques. When the available facilities and healthcare cost are considered, remote patient [monitoring has the potential to relieve many inconveniences. To address this issue, a system has been developed, which has the ability to remotely view E C G , body temperature and stethoscope records of a patient. A hardware unit [captures the signals bearing the above information, processes them appropriately and transfers to a mobile phone via Bluetooth. A mobile acquires this medical information and forwards them to a database via a mobile network. The patient or doctor can access the database using a web application which is developed as part of the system.