TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
VL  - 116
Y1  - 2018/02//
SP  - 216
EP  - 229
TI  - Non-invasive and wearable early fever detection system for young children
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.025
SN  - 0263-2241
N2  - Fever in young children is taken seriously by healthcare professionals as it indicates an
underlying infection which can be life-threatening. Core body temperature can be accurately
measured using traditional techniques, but these are not suitable for non-invasive monitoring
during normal life. This study investigates the possibility of fever monitoring in children
under 2 years of age in a non-clinical setting based on various local skin temperatures.
Various system designs are presented, i.e. single vs multi-sensor systems, and a set of sensors
either localized or distributed across the body. The probability of positive fever identification
on feverish children ranges from ~40% to 77% using 1 and 5 sensors respectively, while the
detected false positives are a 10%. We conclude that a continuous and non-invasive fever
monitoring in children under 2 years is possible by the propose method, providing a suitable
solution for early fever detection and alert.
ID  - discovery10037684
A1  - Garcia-Souto, MDP
A1  - Dabnichki, P
KW  - Child; fever; core temperature; skin temperature; sensor
JF  - Measurement
ER  -