An open and reconfigurable wireless sensor network for pervasive health monitoring

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Triantafyllidis, A ^a   Koutkias, V ^a   Chouvarda, I ^a   Maglaveras, Nicos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Embedded intelligence; Open architecture; Pervasive healthcare; SensorML; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE; HEART RATE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 44249097554     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME9115     Document Type: Article

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