A Personal Environment Monitoring System for Pulmonary Disease Management

A portable system to monitor environmental factors of pulmonary diseases is introduced in this paper. Disease triggers including temperature, humidity and airborne particles are continuously measured in real time. Data is transferred to a handheld device through a wireless body area network (BAN). If target triggers of disease are detected, the system will provide alarms and instructions to the patient to avoid exacerbation, prevent emergency room visits and improve the patient's quality of life.