Zeljko Obrenovic
Dusan Starcevic
ABSTRACT
In this paper we present the telemedical environment based on VMDs implemented with Java mobile agent technology, called aglets. The agent based VMD implementation provides ad-hoc agent interaction, support for mobile agents and different user interface components in the telemedical system. We have developed a VMD agent framework with four types of agents: data agents, processing agents, presentation agents, and monitoring agents. Data agents abstract data source, creating uniform view on different types of data, independent of data acquisition device. Processing agents produce derived data, such us FFT power spectrum, from raw data provided by the data agents. Presentation agents supply user interface components using a variety of user data views. User interface components are based on HTTP, SMS and WAP protocols. Monitoring agents collaborate with data and processing agents providing support for data mining operations, and search for relevant patterns. Typical example is monitoring for possible epileptic attacks. We have applied VMDs to facilitate distributed EEG analysis. We have found that the flexibility of distributed agent architecture is well suited for the telemedical application domain. This flexibility is particularly important in the case of an emergency, enabling swift system reconfiguration on the fly.
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Digital Library
- E. Jovanov, D. Starcevic, A. Samardzic, A. Marsh, Z. Obrenovic, "EEG analysis in a telemedical virtual world", Future Generation Computer System 15 (1999) 255--263 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Nicholas R. Jennings, "An Agent-based Approach for Building Complex Software Systems", Comm. of the ACM, Vol. 44, No. 6, April 2001, pp. 35--41 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Danny B. Lange, Mitsuru Ochima, "Seven Good Reasons for Mobile Agents", Comm. of the ACM, Vol. 42, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 88--89 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Hideki Tai, Kazuya Kosaka, " The Aglets Project", Comm. of the ACM, Vol. 42, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 100--101 Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- An agent based framework for virtual medical devices
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