A Low-Cost Wearable Device to Estimate Body Temperature Based on Wrist Temperature

Mata-Romero, Marcela E. and Simental-Martínez, Omar A. and Guerrero-Osuna, Héctor A. and Luque-Vega, Luis F. and Lopez-Neri, Emmanuel and Ornelas-Vargas, Gerardo and Castañeda-Miranda, Rodrigo and Martínez-Blanco, Ma. del Rosario and Nava-Pintor, Jesús Antonio and García-Vázquez, Fabián (2024) A Low-Cost Wearable Device to Estimate Body Temperature Based on Wrist Temperature. Sensors, 24 (6). p. 1944. ISSN 1424-8220

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Abstract

The remote monitoring of vital signs and healthcare provision has become an urgent necessity due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world. Blood oxygen level, heart rate, and body temperature data are crucial for managing the disease and ensuring timely medical care. This study proposes a low-cost wearable device employing non-contact sensors to monitor, process, and visualize critical variables, focusing on body temperature measurement as a key health indicator. The wearable device developed offers a non-invasive and continuous method to gather wrist and forehead temperature data. However, since there is a discrepancy between wrist and actual forehead temperature, this study incorporates statistical methods and machine learning to estimate the core forehead temperature from the wrist. This research collects 2130 samples from 30 volunteers, and both the statistical least squares method and machine learning via linear regression are applied to analyze these data. It is observed that all models achieve a significant fit, but the third-degree polynomial model stands out in both approaches. It achieves an R2 value of 0.9769 in the statistical analysis and 0.9791 in machine learning.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Universal Eprints > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2024 04:43
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2024 04:43
URI: http://journal.article2publish.com/id/eprint/3673

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