Wireless sensor networks in intensive care units

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Silva, Ricardo ^a   Silva, Jorge Sá ^a   Silva, Álvaro ^b   Pinto, Filipe ^c   Simek, Milan ^d   Boavida, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION;

ACCESS CONTROL; DRUG DOSAGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WEIGHING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70449598012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCW.2009.5208086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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