Body area network for wireless patient monitoring

IET Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Monton E ^a   Hernandez, J F ^a   Blasco, J M ^b   Herve T ^b   Micallef, J ^c   Grech, I ^c   Brincat, A ^c   Traver, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Microvitae Technologies Hôtel Technologique Europarc Sainte Victoire Bât   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; SENSORS;

BODY AREA NETWORK (BAN); WIRELESS PATIENT MONITORING;

PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 41149091320     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20070046     Document Type: Article

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