Garcia-Souto, MDP;
Dabnichki, P;
(2018)
Non-invasive and wearable early fever detection system for young children.
Measurement
, 116
pp. 216-229.
10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.025.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Non-invasive and wearable early fever detection system for young children |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.025 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.025 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Child; fever; core temperature; skin temperature; sensor |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10037684 |
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