A Neural-Network-Based Approach to Personalize Insulin Bolus Calculation Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring.

Journal: Journal of diabetes science and technology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In type 1 diabetes (T1D) therapy, the calculation of the meal insulin bolus is performed according to a standard formula (SF) exploiting carbohydrate intake, carbohydrate-to-insulin ratio, correction factor, insulin on board, and target glucose. Recently, some approaches were proposed to account for preprandial glucose rate of change (ROC) in the SF, including those by Scheiner and by Pettus and Edelman. Here, the aim is to develop a new approach, based on neural networks (NN), to optimize and personalize the bolus calculation using continuous glucose monitoring information and some easily accessible patient parameters.

Authors

  • Giacomo Cappon
    1 Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, PD, Italy.
  • Martina Vettoretti
    1 Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, PD, Italy.
  • Francesca Marturano
    1 Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, PD, Italy.
  • Andrea Facchinetti
  • Giovanni Sparacino