A Novel Intra-body Sensor for Vaginal Temperature Monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2797-2808

  Rodrigues, Joel J P C ^a   Caldeira, João ^a,b   Vaidya, Binod ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body Sensor; E Health; Temperature Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; BODY PARAMETERS; BODY SENSORS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; E HEALTH; HEALTH CONDITION; HUMAN BEING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDIES; TEMPERATURE MONITORING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 70849130192     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90402797     Document Type: Article

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