articleIEEE AccessJan 1, 2019GOLD OA

A Novel Cloud-Based Framework for the Elderly Healthcare Services Using Digital Twin

YLYing LiuLZLin ZhangYYYuan YangLZLongfei ZhouLRLei Ren

Beihang University · ABB (Sweden)

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Abstract

With the development of technologies, such as big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twin is being applied in industry as a precision simulation technology from concept to practice. Further, simulation plays a very important role in the healthcare field, especially in research on medical pathway planning, medical resource allocation, medical activity prediction, etc. By combining digital twin and healthcare, there will be a new and efficient way to provide more accurate and fast services for elderly healthcare. However, how to achieve personal health management throughout the entire lifecycle of elderly patients, and how to converge the medical physical world and the virtual world…

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  • Cloud computing
  • Computer science
  • Health care
  • Wearable computer
  • Key (lock)
  • Digital health
  • Wearable technology
  • The Internet
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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