Project description Personal Health Systems (PHS)ARMOR is a flexible, holistic and economical monitoring tool of the brain. It diagnozes and manages epileptic seizures efficiently including possibilities for detecting premonitory signs and feedback to the patient. The tool is optimized for each patient and is tested in several case studies which evaluated it as a wide use ambulatory monitoring tool. To develop the ARMOR tool, the projects experts managed and analysed a large number of already acquired and new multimodal and advanced technology data from brain and body activities of epileptic patients and controls (MEG, multichannel EEG, video, ECG, GSR, EMG, etc). Novel approaches for large scale analysis (both real-time and offline) of multi-parametric streaming and archived data were being introduced to discover patterns and associations between external indicators and mental states, detect correlations among parallel observations, and identify vital signs changing significantly. Moreover methods for automatically summarizing results and efficiently managing medical data were developed in the framework of the project.The EU funded ARMOR project will be completed in October 2014. Eight organizations of five European countries (Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Germany and UK) are involved. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Epilepsy, the propensity for recurrent, unprovoked epileptic seizures, is the most common serious neurological disorder, affecting over 50 million people worldwide. Epileptic seizures manifest with a wide variety of motor, cognitive, affective, and autonomic symptoms and signs and associated changes in the electrical activities of the brain (EEG), heart (ECG), muscles (EMG), skin (GSR), as well as changes in other important measurable biological parameters, such as respiration and blood pressure. Their recognition and full understanding is the basis for their optimal management and treatment, but presently is unsatisfactory in many respects. Epileptic seizures occur unpredictably and typically outside hospital and are often misdiagnosed as other episodic disturbances such as syncope, psychogenic and sleep disorders, with which they may co-exist, blurring the clinical presentation; on the other hand, costs of hospital evaluation are substantial, frequently without the desirable results, due to suboptimal monitoring capabilities.Reliable diagnosis requires state of the art monitoring and communication technologies providing real-time, accurate and continuous brain and body multi-parametric data measurements, suited to the patient's medical condition and normal environment and facing issues of patient and data security, integrity and privacy.In this project we will manage and analyse a large number of already acquired and new multimodal and advanced technology data from brain and body activities of epileptic patients and controls (MEG, multichannel EEG, video, ECG, GSR, EMG, etc) aiming to design ARMOR, a more holistic, personalized, medically efficient and economical monitoring system.New methods and tools will be developed for multimodal data pre-processing and fusion of information from various sources. Novel approaches for large scale analysis (both real-time and offline) of multi-parametric streaming and archived data will be introduced to discover patterns and associations between external indicators and mental states, detect correlations among parallel observations, and identify vital signs changing significantly. Moreover methods for automatically summarizing results and efficiently managing medical data will be developed. ARMOR will incorporate models derived from data analysis based on already existing communication platform solutions emphasising on security and ethical issues and performing required adaptations to meet specifications. Special effort will be devoted in areas such as data anonymization and provision of required service.ARMOR will provide flexible monitoring optimized for each patient and will be tested in several case studies and evaluated as a wide use ambulatory monitoring tool for seizures efficient diagnosis and management including possibilities for detecting premonitory signs and feedback to the patient. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencemedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyepilepsynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitydata protection Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.5.1 - Personal Health Systems (PHS) Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator AMPER S & C IOT SL EU contribution € 544 011,00 Address Avda barcelona 105 edificio ig-nova despacho 8 08700 Igualada Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Narcis Avellana (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AAI SCIENTIFIC CULTURAL SERVICES LIMITED Cyprus EU contribution € 635 475,00 Address Avenue arch makariou iii 33 galaxias centre 5th floor office 501 1065 Lefkosia See on map Region Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact ANDREAS IOANNIDES (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Germany EU contribution € 429 558,00 Address Kaiserstrasse 12 76131 Karlsruhe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jens Becker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EIDIKOS LOGARIASMOS TEI MESOLONGIOU Participation ended Greece EU contribution € 309 863,00 Address Nea ktiria 30200 Mesolongi See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Voros Nikolaos (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNOLOGIKO EKPAIDEFTIKO IDRYMA (TEI) DYTIKIS ELLADAS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Megalou alexandrou 1 26334 Patra See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Voros Nikolaos (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SYSTEMA TEKNOLOTZIS ANONYMI ETAIREIA EFARMOGON ILEKTRONIKIS KAI PLIROFORIKIS Participation ended Greece EU contribution € 144 591,00 Address Thomaidou str. 6 11525 Athina See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact George Koutalieris (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data PANEPISTIMIO PATRON Greece EU contribution € 591 750,00 Address University campus rio patras 265 04 Rio patras See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTRACOM SINGLE MEMBER SA TELECOM SOLUTIONS Greece EU contribution € 199 425,00 Address New road peania markopoulo 19 7km 19002 Peania See on map Region Αττική Aττική Ανατολική Αττική Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Artur Krukowski (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 332 262,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paul Labbett (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data