Fernando Jimenez

Prof. Fernando Jimenez


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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16 September 2014 in Sensors
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FJFernando Jimenez
Fernando Jimenez
Osslan Osiris Vergara VillegasOsslan Osiris Vergara Villegas
Osslan Osiris Vergara Villegas
DRDulce Esperanza Torres Ramírez
Dulce Esperanza Torres Ramírez
Vianey Guadalupe Cruz SánchezVianey Guadalupe Cruz Sánchez
Vianey Guadalupe Cruz Sánchez
Humberto OchoaHumberto Ochoa
Humberto Ochoa
Technological innovations in the field of disease prevention and maintenance of patient health have enabled the evolution of fields such as monitoring systems. One of the main advances is the development of real-time monitors that use intelligent and wireless communication technology. In this paper, a system is presented for the remote monitoring of the body temperature and heart rate of a patient by means of a wireless sensor network (WSN) and mobile augmented reality (MAR). The combination of a WSN and MAR provides a novel alternative to remotely measure body temperature and heart rate in real time during patient care. The system is composed of (1) hardware such as Arduino microcontrollers (in the patient nodes), personal computers (for the nurse server), smartphones (for the mobile nurse monitor and the virtual patient file) and sensors (to measure body temperature and heart rate), (2) a network layer using WiFly technology, and (3) software such as LabView, Android SDK, and DroidAR. The results obtained from tests show that the system can perform effectively within a range of 20 m and requires ten minutes to stabilize the temperature sensor to detect hyperthermia, hypothermia or normal body temperature conditions. Additionally, the heart rate sensor can detect conditions of tachycardia and bradycardia.