Performance evaluation of sensing fabrics for monitoring physiological and biomechanical variables

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-352

  Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^a   Gemignani, Angelo ^a   Paradiso, Rita ^b   Taccini, Nicola ^b   Ghelarducci, Brunello ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b MILIOR SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Sensing fabric; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; ELECTRODES; FABRICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; WEAVING;

FABRIC SENSORS; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; SENSING FABRIC; SMART TEXTILE;

BIOMECHANICS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLOTHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TEXTILE; TRANSDUCER;

BIOMECHANICS; CLOTHING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TEXTILES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 25844464115     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.854506     Document Type: Article

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