01426nas a2200181   4500008004100000020002200041245005200063210005200115260013200167520077700299653002201076653001701098653001801115653001601133100002401149700001501173856005601188       2013                        eng d  a978-1-936968-89-300aFinger Blood Flow Monitoring Using Smart Phones0 aFinger Blood Flow Monitoring Using Smart Phones  aICST, Brussels, Belgium, BelgiumbICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering)3 a<p>The use of smart phones in healthcare applications is growing steadily. The inbuilt sensors are used to estimate the value of physiological data from human body. With progressive innovation, smart phone based medical applications will continue to be developed at an exponential rate. In this paper, we show that a smart phone can be used to monitor the blood flow in finger, based on the pulse height obtained from the fingertips. This is achieved by using the camera lens and the flash light of the smart phone. The height of the pulse rises along with the surrounding temperature indicating that the blood flow increases when the temperature becomes warmer. This study shows that there is a potential to monitor regulation of body temperature using smart phone.</p>
10afinger blood flow10afinger pulse10amobile health10asmart phone1 aThiyagaraja, Shanti1 aDantu, Ram  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253704