Abstract

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has emerged as one of the most important key applications of IoT. IoMT makes the diagnosis and care more convenient and reliable with proven results. The paper presents the technology, open issues, and challenges of IoMT-based systems. It explores the various types of sensors and smart equipment based on IoMT and used for diagnosis and patient care. A comprehensive survey of early detection and postdetection care of the neural disorder dementia is conducted. The paper also presents a postdiagnosis dementia care model named “Demencare.” This model incorporates eight sensors capable of tracking the daily routine of dementia patient. The patients can be monitored locally by an edge computing device kept at their premises. The medical experts may also monitor the patients' status for any deviation from normal behavior. IoMT enables better postdiagnosis care for neural disorders, like dementia and Alzheimer's. The patient's behavior and vital parameters are always available despite the remote location of the patients. The data of the patients may be classified, and new insights may be obtained to tackle patients in a better manner.

Highlights

  • With the increasing probability of the life span of the human beings on the planet and with the rise in chronic diseases, the Healthcare Industry is continuously trying to provide the finest services to the patients

  • Ere is a wide range of sensors and smart equipment discussed in this paper which is used to measure the vital statistics of the patients while they are not even physically present at the medical facility. e current survey is focused on dementia patients, who have their own specific requirements as per their disease and its stage of diagnosis and treatment. ere is a lot of work done in the field of early detection of the disease using IoMT by focusing on the behavioural pattern of the patients, finding changes in the daily routine, and other symptomatically indicative events

  • E work of some of the researchers was explored in the survey and it can be inferred that, with smart IoMT-enabled systems, dementia can be detected at an early stage

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Summary

Introduction

With the increasing probability of the life span of the human beings on the planet and with the rise in chronic diseases, the Healthcare Industry is continuously trying to provide the finest services to the patients. E primary objective of applying IOT in healthcare industry is to provide a user interface through which both the doctor and patient can communicate with each other in a hospital and when they are at different physical locations at a reasonable cost, in a minimum time, and at any time [3]. Is data may be stored in a storage device or can be sent to an information store from where the health workers can monitor data conveniently and as needed Both patients and doctors can access this information store using any basic computer or a simple mobile phone. E component in this structure is analytics, in which doctors and health workers can analyze the data provided by the sensors through the connected devices and can perform specific action required for the specific patient. IOT-driven systems help the professionals, delivering healthcare services, access any patients’ data on their customized monitors and equipment through application platform [6]. e last component is the infrastructure of the product that includes hardware and software components that read the data from the sensors and store them to servers or display them to the dedicated systems [7]

IoMT Healthcare Infrastructures
Dementia
IoT-Supported Dementia Diagnosis
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A Multi-Sensor Fusion Scheme to Increase Life
Challenges in Implementation of IoMT in Dementia Detection and Care
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