A novel middleware solution to improve ubiquitous healthcare systems aided by affective information

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-349

  Taleb, Tarik ^a   Bottazzi, Dario ^b   Nasser, Nidal ^c  

^a NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^b Guglielmo Marconi Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective computing; Healthcare network; Pervasive computing; Ubiquitous assistance

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; APPLICATION DOMAINS; APPLICATION SCENARIO; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DRUG ADDICTION; DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT; EFFECTIVE FUNCTION; EMOTIONAL STATE; HEALTH CARE APPLICATION; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; PERVASIVE ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL HEALTH; SENSOR INFRASTRUCTURE; UBIQUITOUS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM;

DRUG PRODUCTS; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLEWARE; SENSORS;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER NETWORK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77949718356     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2010.2042608     Document Type: Article

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