Nanosensor networks for smart health care

Khan, Tooba; Civas, Meltem; Cetinkaya, Oktay; Abbasi, Naveed A.; Akan, Özgür B.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-819870-4.00022-0

Cited by 21 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 99 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…3) Energy Harvesting: For the system to be completely independent, ANs need to extract energy from their vicinity. This energy can be scavenged within the body [119] or delivered through external sources using wireless power transfer (WPT) [166].…”

Section: B Self-organizing Artificial Neuronsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information and Communication Theoretical Understanding and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: State-of-The-Art and Research Challenges

Akan

Ramezani

Civas

et al. 2023

IEEE Rev. Biomed. Eng.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Among the various key networks in the human body, the nervous system occupies central importance. The debilitating effects of spinal cord injuries (SCI) impact a significant number of people throughout the world, and to date, there is no satisfactory method to treat them. In this paper, we review the major treatment techniques for SCI that include promising solutions based on information and communication technology (ICT) and identify the key characteristics of such systems. We then introduce two novel ICT-based treatment approaches for SCI. The first proposal is based on neural interface systems (NIS) with enhanced feedback, where the external machines are interfaced with the brain and the spinal cord such that the brain signals are directly routed to the limbs for movement. The second proposal relates to the design of self-organizing artificial neurons (ANs) that can be used to replace the injured or dead biological neurons. Apart from SCI treatment, the proposed methods may also be utilized as enabling technologies for neural interface applications by acting as bio-cyber interfaces between the nervous system and machines. Furthermore, under the framework of Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), experience gained from SCI treatment techniques can be transferred to nano communication research.

show abstract

Section: B Self-organizing Artificial Neuronsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information and Communication Theoretical Understanding and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: State-of-The-Art and Research Challenges

Akan

Ramezani

Civas

et al. 2023

IEEE Rev. Biomed. Eng.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…2. In particular, an IoBNT can monitor the concentrations of hormones or molecules in the blood, and transmit this information to the bio-cyber interface, which can connect to the conventional EM networks using RF modality so that the healthcare provider can remotely monitor the person's health condition [24]. Moreover, the neural interfaces and wearable sensor/actuator networks embedded with universal transceivers can be utilized in the transfer of senses, thoughts and skills non-verbally among individuals, i.e, Internet of People and Senses (IoPS) [25].…”

Section: A Heterogeneous Ioementioning

confidence: 99%

Universal Transceivers: Opportunities and Future Directions for the Internet of Everything (IoE)

Civas,

Cetinkaya,

Kuscu

et al. 2021

Preprint

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a recently introduced information and communication technology (ICT) framework promising for extending the human connectivity to the entire universe, which itself can be regarded as a natural IoE, an interconnected network of everything we perceive. The countless number of opportunities that can be enabled by IoE through a blend of heterogeneous ICT technologies across different scales and environments and a seamless interface with the natural IoE impose several fundamental challenges, such as interoperability, ubiquitous connectivity, energy efficiency, and miniaturization.The key to address these challenges is to advance our communication technology to match the multi-scale, multi-modal, and dynamic features of the natural IoE. To this end, we introduce a new communication device concept, namely the universal IoE transceiver, that encompasses transceiver architectures that are characterized by multi-modality in communication (with modalities such as molecular, RF/THz, optical and acoustic) and in energy harvesting (with modalities such as mechanical, solar, biochemical), modularity, tunability, and scalability. Focusing on these fundamental traits, we provide an overview of the opportunities that can be opened up by micro/nanoscale universal transceiver architectures towards realizing the IoE applications. We also discuss the most pressing challenges in implementing such transceivers and briefly review the open research directions. Our discussion is particularly focused on the opportunities and challenges pertaining to the IoE physical layer, which can enable the efficient and effective design of higher-level techniques. We believe that such universal transceivers can pave the way for seamless connection and communication with the universe at a deeper level and pioneer the construction of the forthcoming IoE landscape.

show abstract

“…parameters. It is also possible to equip the nodes with an optical sensor and then take pictures of areas that are difficult to access or of dedicated regions of the body [14,28,29,37]. Bio-nano-nodes represent the biological counterpart to artificially constructed nanonodes and imitate biological cells or enzymes in both structure and communication behavior [37].…”

Section: Nano-viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Richard, Are We There Yet? - An Internet of Nano Things Information System Architecture

Strobel

Mittnacht²

2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Richard Feynman's visionary lecture at Caltech, which dates back more than half a century, is regarded as the birth of today's nanotechnology. Over time, many nanotechnology-based approaches, methods, and innovations have been adopted in almost all research disciplines. This nano-centered evolution is currently transforming the traditional paradigm of the Internet of Things into the Internet of Nano Things. However, the focus here is not on the mere adaptation of down scaling and is instead primarily on the effects and characteristics that result from this new scale. To fully exploit these new possibilities and combine them with existing added-value technologies, it is not sufficient to miniaturize existing Internet-of-Thingsbased systems-they must be developed from scratch. Against this background, this study examines the main areas of nanotechnology in combination with the Internet of Things phenomenon and, based on an exploratory literature search, presents an information system architecture for IoNT-based information systems. How must an information system be designed from an architectural perspective to satisfy the demands of IoNT-based systems? Against this background, the objective of this study was to develop an information system architecture for IoNT-based systems. The approach used for this study was a systematic literature search.

show abstract

Nanosensor networks for smart health care

Cited by 21 publications

References 99 publications

Information and Communication Theoretical Understanding and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: State-of-The-Art and Research Challenges

Information and Communication Theoretical Understanding and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: State-of-The-Art and Research Challenges

Universal Transceivers: Opportunities and Future Directions for the Internet of Everything (IoE)

Richard, Are We There Yet? - An Internet of Nano Things Information System Architecture

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About