Self-powered wireless sensor networks for remote patient monitoring in hospitals

Sensors

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1102-1117

  Hande, Abhiman ^a   Polk, Todd ^a   Walker, William ^a   Bhatia, Dinesh ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Healthcare; Heart rate; Hospitals; Telemedicine; Vital sign monitoring; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; BLOOD PRESSURE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OXIMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING; SENSOR NODES; TELEMEDICINE; USER INTERFACES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (GUI); HEART RATES; HOSPITAL SETTINGS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; NON-INVASIVE SENSORS; VITAL SIGN MONITORING; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 33749564787     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s6091102     Document Type: Article

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