Development of electronic textiles to support networks, communications, and medical applications in future U.S. military protective clothing systems

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-406

  Winterhalter, Carole A ^a   Teverovsky, Justyna ^b,c   Wilson, Patricia ^b,d   Slade, Jeremiah ^b   Horowitz, Wendy ^e   Tierney, Edward ^e,f   Sharma, Vikram ^g  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b FOSTER MILLER INC   (United States)

^c Saint Gobain Performance Plastics   (United States)

^d Fabric Works   (United States)

^e Offray Specialty Narrow Fabrics   (United States)

^f Bally Ribbon Mills   (United States)

^g Electronic Textile Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic textiles; Military; Personal area network; Soldier

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; COPPER; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

ELECTRONIC TEXTILES; MILITARY PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS; SUPPORT NETWORKS; TEXTILE-BASED WEARABLE ELECTRONICS;

MILITARY TEXTILES;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEXTILE; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MILITARY MEDICINE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TEXTILES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25844436619     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.854508     Document Type: Article

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