Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks

Medical body sensors can be implanted or attached to the human body to monitor the physiological parameters of patients all the time. Inaccurate data due to sensor faults or incorrect placement on the body will seriously influence clinicians’ diagnosis, therefore detecting sensor data faults has bee...

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Main Authors: Yang Yang, Qian Liu, Zhipeng Gao, Xuesong Qiu, Luoming Meng
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/3/6066
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author Yang Yang
Qian Liu
Zhipeng Gao
Xuesong Qiu
Luoming Meng
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Qian Liu
Zhipeng Gao
Xuesong Qiu
Luoming Meng
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description Medical body sensors can be implanted or attached to the human body to monitor the physiological parameters of patients all the time. Inaccurate data due to sensor faults or incorrect placement on the body will seriously influence clinicians’ diagnosis, therefore detecting sensor data faults has been widely researched in recent years. Most of the typical approaches to sensor fault detection in the medical area ignore the fact that the physiological indexes of patients aren’t changing synchronously at the same time, and fault values mixed with abnormal physiological data due to illness make it difficult to determine true faults. Based on these facts, we propose a Data Fault Detection mechanism in Medical sensor networks (DFD-M). Its mechanism includes: (1) use of a dynamic-local outlier factor (D-LOF) algorithm to identify outlying sensed data vectors; (2) use of a linear regression model based on trapezoidal fuzzy numbers to predict which readings in the outlying data vector are suspected to be faulty; (3) the proposal of a novel judgment criterion of fault state according to the prediction values. The simulation results demonstrate the efficiency and superiority of DFD-M.
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spelling doaj.art-0857ee5200c34702a079a063264aec052022-12-22T02:10:21ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-03-011536066609010.3390/s150306066s150306066Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor NetworksYang Yang0Qian Liu1Zhipeng Gao2Xuesong Qiu3Luoming Meng4State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, ChinaMedical body sensors can be implanted or attached to the human body to monitor the physiological parameters of patients all the time. Inaccurate data due to sensor faults or incorrect placement on the body will seriously influence clinicians’ diagnosis, therefore detecting sensor data faults has been widely researched in recent years. Most of the typical approaches to sensor fault detection in the medical area ignore the fact that the physiological indexes of patients aren’t changing synchronously at the same time, and fault values mixed with abnormal physiological data due to illness make it difficult to determine true faults. Based on these facts, we propose a Data Fault Detection mechanism in Medical sensor networks (DFD-M). Its mechanism includes: (1) use of a dynamic-local outlier factor (D-LOF) algorithm to identify outlying sensed data vectors; (2) use of a linear regression model based on trapezoidal fuzzy numbers to predict which readings in the outlying data vector are suspected to be faulty; (3) the proposal of a novel judgment criterion of fault state according to the prediction values. The simulation results demonstrate the efficiency and superiority of DFD-M.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/3/6066fault detectionmedical sensorlocal outlier factorfuzzy number
spellingShingle Yang Yang
Qian Liu
Zhipeng Gao
Xuesong Qiu
Luoming Meng
Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
Sensors
fault detection
medical sensor
local outlier factor
fuzzy number
title Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
title_full Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
title_fullStr Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
title_full_unstemmed Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
title_short Data Fault Detection in Medical Sensor Networks
title_sort data fault detection in medical sensor networks
topic fault detection
medical sensor
local outlier factor
fuzzy number
url http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/3/6066
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