Body sensor networks - research challenges and opportunities

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2007, Issue 11803, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Lo, Benny ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Body Sensor Networks; Healthcare; Pervasive Health Monitoring; Wireless Communication

Indexed keywords

AGEING POPULATION; BIOSENSOR DESIGN; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERVASIVE HEALTH MONITORING; PERVASIVE MONITORING; POWER MANAGEMENTS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; RESEARCH ISSUES; WELLBEING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSORS; COMMUNICATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 50549096154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20070541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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