Technical Implementation of Assistive Technologies

Garant předmětu:

Karel Hána

Lecturer:

Karel Hána

Tutor:

Karel Hána

Supervisor:

Department of Information and Communication Technology in Medicine

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to gain a basic overview of technical means for the implementation of assistive technologies, including information and communication technologies.

Requirements:

Form of verification of study results: oral examination.

As a standard, the course is taught in contact form and the course has lectures and exercises. In case the number of students is less than 5, the teaching can take place in the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In this case, in addition to the examination, the student is required to produce a written study on the assigned topic.

For combined study:

Teaching takes the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In addition to the examination, the student is required to prepare a written study on a given topic.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. History of technical means for the implementation of assistive technologies

2. Motherboard - block diagram, Northbridge and Southbridge, description of buses and interfaces (ISA, PCI, PCI Express, IDE, ATA, SCSI, EISA, VESA), processor and memory communication, BIOS, self-test.

3. Input and output devices - disk and floppy drives, data storage structure, system boot. CDs and DVDs, keyboard, mouse, display devices (monitor), sound card, universal input/output ports (USB, FireWire, RS232C, printer port (LPT), (game port), network cards, modems, printers, scanners, multimedia devices and accessories, large capacity memory drives. Memory cards and readers, PCMCIA, Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital interfaces, examples of peripherals with these interfaces.

4. Mobile platforms for assistive technologies, sensing, evaluation and data transfer. Wireless communication protocols and interfaces - IrDA, Bluetooth, WiFi, GSM/GPRS, UPS.

5. The term „operating system“ (OS), its meaning and purpose. Operating system kernel. Types of OS (single and multitasking). Computing process, multitasking, processor and process management. Instruction set, instruction types, addressing methods. Assembler and higher programming languages. Translation and interpretation.

6. Memory management in the OS. Basic concepts: physical memory, virtual memory, relation to computer hardware. File systems and peripheral management in the OS. PC performance and functional tests.

7. Computer networks - history, LAN and WAN, keywords. OSI layered reference model. Basic LAN hardware (Ethernet and its practical implementation).

8. Internet - history, idea, basic keywords. Browsers, standards and languages used. Introduction to TCP/IP architecture. Protocols and addressing, interconnection of local networks (internetworking), gateways and routers, principles of routing in the Internet. The concept of „server“, client-server architecture, the most commonly used protocols of TCP/IP network architecture: HTTP, FTP, TELNET, DHCP, ...

9.Telemedicine (telematics for health) - WHO definition, content - telemedicine proper, telematics for health research, telematics for health services management, history of telemedicine and its relation to the development of information and communication technologies.

10. Examples of applications of telemedicine in individual medical disciplines, public telehealth, primary telecare or veterinary telemedicine, videoconferencing versus electronic mail, communication protocols, specialized technical means for telemedicine, ethical, legal, organizational and financial issues, situation in the Czech Republic.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Exercises will be solved in the form of practical projects in which students will verify the knowledge acquired in lectures.

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to gain a basic overview of technical means for the implementation of assistive technologies, including information and communication technologies.

Study materials:

Cook A.M., Polgar J.M. Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice. Mosby, 2015. ISBN 9780323096317

Sauter M. From GSM to LTE: An introduction to mobile networks and mobile broadband. John Wiley & Sons, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-470-66711-8

Recommended:

Korowajczuk L. LTE, WiMAX and WLAN network design, optimization and performance analysis. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-74149-8

Balas V. E., Jude Hemanth D. Telemedicine Technologies: Big Data, Deep Learning, Robotics, Mobile and Remote Applications for Global Healthcare. Elsevier, 2019

Rashid T.A., Chakraborty C., Fraser K.. (eds.). Advances in Telemedicine for Health Monitoring: Technologies, Design and Applications. IET, 2020

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: