New ultrasound-based wearable system for cardiac monitoring

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 489-492

  Lanatà, Antonio ^a   Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^a   Francesconi, Raffaello ^b   Varone, Giovanni ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic sensor; Ultrasound transducer; Vital signals; Wearable

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

ACOUSTIC SENSOR; BROAD BAND WIDTHS; CARDIAC MONITORING; CARDIAC SOUNDS; FREQUENCY RANGING; HEART BEATS; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW-TO-HIGH; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MODAL SENSORS; POWER CONSUMPTION; Q FACTORS; RE-CHARGEABLE BATTERIES; SENSOR SENSITIVITIES; ULTRASOUND SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; VITAL SIGNALS; WEARABLE; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50149121396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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