Wireless medical sensor networks in emergency response: Implementation and pilot results

2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-192

  Gao, Tia ^a   Pesto, Christopher ^a   Selavo, Leo ^a   Chen, Yin ^b   Ko, JeongGil ^b   Lim, JongHyun ^b   Terzis, Andreas ^b   Watt, Andrew ^c   Jeng, James ^d   Chen, Bor Rong ^e   Lorincz, Konrad ^e   Welsh, Matt ^e  

^a Aid Networks   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HOSPITALS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OXIMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOELECTRIC RELAYS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EMERGENCY RESPONSES; HOME LAND SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; PATIENT CARE; WASHINGTON;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 50649083511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THS.2008.4534447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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