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Accurate real time localization tracking in a clinical environment using Bluetooth Low Energy and deep learning

Deep learning has started to revolutionize several different industries, and the applications of these methods in medicine are now becoming more commonplace. This study focuses on investigating the feasibility of tracking patients and clinical staff wearing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags in a radia...

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Zohaib, Luo, Da, Henry, Peter, Kazemifar, Samaneh, Rozario, Timothy, Yan, Yulong, Westover, Kenneth, Lu, Weiguo, Nguyen, Dan, Long, Troy, Wang, Jing, Choy, Hak, Jiang, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30307999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205392
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Sumario:Deep learning has started to revolutionize several different industries, and the applications of these methods in medicine are now becoming more commonplace. This study focuses on investigating the feasibility of tracking patients and clinical staff wearing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags in a radiation oncology clinic using artificial neural networks (ANNs) and convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The performance of these networks was compared to relative received signal strength indicator (RSSI) thresholding and triangulation. By utilizing temporal information, a combined CNN+ANN network was capable of correctly identifying the location of the BLE tag with an accuracy of 99.9%. It outperformed a CNN model (accuracy = 94%), a thresholding model employing majority voting (accuracy = 95%), and a triangulation classifier utilizing majority voting (accuracy = 95%). Future studies will seek to deploy this affordable real time location system in hospitals to improve clinical workflow, efficiency, and patient safety.