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Case Study of a Low-Cost IoT Device with a Thermal Vision to Monitor Human Stool Behavior in the Home

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Image Analysis and Processing. ICIAP 2022 Workshops (ICIAP 2022)

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Among the instruments for early detection are those for analysing gases in people’s faeces, as it has been found that the presence of the intensity of certain compounds is related to the presence of cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer. The availability of sensor devices in recent years, together with the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, has made it possible to create low-cost systems that allow initial solutions to be tested for various real applications. Therefore, the aim of this contribution is to present the use case of a stool gas monitoring system in order to be the beginning of a solution for the early detection of this type of diseases. The proposed prototype integrates a thermal camera and MOX sensors to collect temperature and gas measurements immediately after a person has made deposition in their home. The measurements are monitored through an IoT platform and stored on a cloud server.

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This result has been partially supported through the research projects REMIND project Marie Sklodowska-Curie EU Framework for Research and Innovation Horizon 516 2020, under grant agreement no. 734355, the Spanish Government by the project \(RTI2018-098979-A-I00 MCIN/\) \(AEI/10.13039/501100011033/\), FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa” and the University of Jaén under Action 1 with code EI_TIC1_2021.

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    Alicia Montoro-Lendínez, David Díaz-Jiménez, José Luis López- Ruiz, Javier Medina-Quero & Macarena Espinilla-Estévez

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Montoro-Lendínez, A., Díaz-Jiménez, D., López- Ruiz, J.L., Medina-Quero, J., Espinilla-Estévez, M. (2022). Case Study of a Low-Cost IoT Device with a Thermal Vision to Monitor Human Stool Behavior in the Home. In: Mazzeo, P.L., Frontoni, E., Sclaroff, S., Distante, C. (eds) Image Analysis and Processing. ICIAP 2022 Workshops. ICIAP 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13321-3_1

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