A survey on wearable sensor-based systems for health monitoring and prognosis

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Pantelopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Bourbakis, Nikolaos G ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Body area networks; Healthmonitoring; Wearable systems

Indexed keywords

BIO-SENSOR SYSTEMS; BIOSENSING DEVICES; BODY AREA NETWORK; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EARLY DETECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM; MATURITY LEVELS; MULTIPARAMETERS; PERSONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS; PROCESSING CAPABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SMART TEXTILES; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TRANSMISSION MODULES; VITAL SIGN; WEARABLE SENSORS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BIOSENSORS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MICROELECTRONICS; RESEARCH; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SURVEYS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MONITORING;

EID: 73049087409     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2009.2032660     Document Type: Review

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