Robust medical ad hoc sensor networks (MASN) with wavelet-based ECG data mining

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 986-1012

  Hu, Fei ^a   Jiang, Meng ^a   Celentano, Laura ^a   Xiao, Yang ^b  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Cardiac monitoring; Medical privacy; Medical security; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; BROADCASTING; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DETECTORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIO BROADCASTING; SEARCH ENGINES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

AD-HOC SENSOR NETWORKS; CARDIAC PATIENTS; CLUSTER BASED COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTIONS; ECG DATA; ECG SENSORS; ELSEVIER (CO); HEART DISEASES; LOW OVERHEAD; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; PROMISING APPROACH; SELF-ORGANIZED; WIRELESS MEDIUM (WM);

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 46449131007     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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