TY - GEN
T1 - Active-RFID system accuracy and its implications for clinical applications
AU - Clarke, Duncan
AU - Park, Adrian
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for automatically tracking the location of persons and objects tagged with a small radio transceiver. Its use in retail and security applications has received widespread attention in the popular press. RFID's application in hospital business processes is increasing rapidly, and a number of safety-critical clinical applications have been prototyped. In order to determine RFID's fitness for use in safetycritical as well as more mundane perioperative processes, the Operating Room of the Future project at the University of Maryland Medical Center evaluated six active-RFID systems. The evaluation consisted of hands-on testing of a variety of COTS systems employing the leading active-RFID technologies-802.11 RF, proprietary RF, ultra-wideband, infrared and ultrasound. In this paper we report the results of those tests and discuss their implications for the application of active-RFID technology to clinical applications.
AB - Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for automatically tracking the location of persons and objects tagged with a small radio transceiver. Its use in retail and security applications has received widespread attention in the popular press. RFID's application in hospital business processes is increasing rapidly, and a number of safety-critical clinical applications have been prototyped. In order to determine RFID's fitness for use in safetycritical as well as more mundane perioperative processes, the Operating Room of the Future project at the University of Maryland Medical Center evaluated six active-RFID systems. The evaluation consisted of hands-on testing of a variety of COTS systems employing the leading active-RFID technologies-802.11 RF, proprietary RF, ultra-wideband, infrared and ultrasound. In this paper we report the results of those tests and discuss their implications for the application of active-RFID technology to clinical applications.
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U2 - 10.1109/CBMS.2006.33
DO - 10.1109/CBMS.2006.33
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845593775
SN - 0769525172
SN - 9780769525174
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
SP - 21
EP - 26
BT - Proceedings - 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2006
T2 - 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2006
Y2 - 22 June 2006 through 23 June 2006
ER -