Advanced wearable health systems and applications - Research and development efforts in the European union

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Lymberis, A ^a,g   Dittmar, A ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a Integrated Micro Nano Systems   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c IEEE

^d Euro BME Network

^e CNRS   (France)

^f World Academy of Biomedical Technologies (UNESCO)

^g EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAL SIGN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLOTHING; EUROPEAN UNION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34249776689     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.364926     Document Type: Review

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