Wearable medical devices for tele-home healthcare

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 5384-5387

  Hung, K ^a   Zhang, Y T ^a   Tai, B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cuffless blood pressure meter; Finger ring sensor; Tele home healthcare; Wearable device

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CUFFLESS BLOOD PRESSURE METER; FINGER-RING SENSOR; TELE-HOME HEALTHCARE; WEARABLE DEVICES;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 11144317264     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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