A hybrid body sensor network for continuous and long-term measurement of arterial blood pressure

Proceedings of the 4th IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors, ISSS-MDBS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 121-123

  Chan, C H ^a,b   Poon, C C Y ^a,b   Wong, Raymond C S ^a,b   Zhang, Y T ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; BIOSENSORS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL CHANNELS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; HUMAN BODIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MULTIPLE MODES; ON-BODY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; SUMMER SCHOOLS; TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 48049107278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSMDBS.2007.4338307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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