Improving radiation oncology using a low-cost wireless accelerometer

Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 724-729

  Farahmand, Farid ^a   Khadivi, K O ^b   Rodrigues, Joel J P C ^c  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Austin Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks; Position monitoring system; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER SENSOR; ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; APPLICATION FIELDS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CONTROL AREA; EHEALTH; HIGH-PRECISION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; NON-INTRUSIVE; PATIENT MOVEMENT; POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECISE POSITION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RECEIVING STATIONS;

ACCELEROMETERS; INTERNET; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MONITORING; MOTION COMPENSATION; ONCOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77951260109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2009.5355065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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