Using heterogeneous wireless sensor networks in a telemonitoring system for healthcare

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-240

  Corchado, Juan M ^a,b   Bajo, Javier ^c   Tapia, Dante I ^a   Abraham, Ajith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d SCIENTIFIC NETWORK FOR INNOVATION AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient intelligence (AmI); Healthcare; Services oriented architectures (SOAs); Wireless sensors networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTION TIME; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; TELEMONITORING SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSORS NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77949708520     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2034369     Document Type: Article

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