Portable biomedical devices: A critical issue during telecare services design

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Gortzis, L G ^a   Bakettas, I ^a   Makropoulos, C ^b   Graschew, G ^c   Nikiforidis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biosignal; ECG; portable biosignal devices; telecare; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SELF CARE; SHIP; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; SELF CARE; SHIPS; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 55449117628     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538150802127165     Document Type: Article

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