Diving Into Research of Biomedical Engineering in Scuba Diving

The physiologic response of the human body to different environments is a complex phenomenon to ensure survival. Immersion and compressed gas diving, together, trigger a set of responses. Monitoring those responses in real time may increase our understanding of them and help us to develop safety pro...

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Published in:IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering 2017, Vol.10, p.323-333
Main Authors: Cibis, Tobias, McEwan, Alistair, Sieber, Arne, Eskofier, Bjoern, Lippmann, John, Friedl, Karl, Bennett, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical monitoring
Compressed gas
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Computers
Decompression
Decompression algorithms
decompression sickness (DCS)
dive computer
Diving
Diving - physiology
diving medicine
Human behavior
Humans
Injuries
medical engineering
Monitoring
Monitoring, Physiologic
Parameter identification
physiological monitoring
R&D
Research & development
Reviews
Safety
Safety devices
Scuba diving
Underwater equipment
Wearable computing
Wearable technology
wearables
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Summary:The physiologic response of the human body to different environments is a complex phenomenon to ensure survival. Immersion and compressed gas diving, together, trigger a set of responses. Monitoring those responses in real time may increase our understanding of them and help us to develop safety procedures and equipment. This review outlines diving physiology and diseases and identifies physiological parameters worthy of monitoring. Subsequently, we have investigated technological approaches matched to those in order to evaluated their capability for underwater application. We focused on wearable biomedical monitoring technologies, or those which could be transformed to wearables. We have also reviewed current safety devices, including dive computers and their underlying decompression models and algorithms. The review outlines the necessity for biomedical monitoring in scuba diving and should encourage research and development of new methods to increase diving safety.
ISSN:1937-3333
1941-1189
DOI:10.1109/RBME.2017.2713300