A pervasive body sensor network for measuring postoperative recovery at home

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Aziz, O ^a   Atallah, L ^a   Lo, B ^a   ElHelw, M ^a   Wang, L ^a   Yang, G Z ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks; Pervasive; Postoperative; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROPROCESSOR; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCESS DESIGN; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TELESURGERY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ABDOMEN; AMBULATORY MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34548075899     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350607302326     Document Type: Article

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