A wireless home and body sensor network platform for the early detection of arthritis

2010 7th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haroon, A ^a   Fergus, P ^a   Shaheed, A ^a   Merabti, M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home networking; Networked appliances; Networked medical devices; Preventative technologies; Real time monitoring; Sensor networks; Sensors

Indexed keywords

HOME NETWORKING; MEDICAL DEVICES; NETWORKED APPLIANCES; NETWORKED MEDICAL DEVICES; REAL TIME MONITORING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION SERVICES; SENSOR NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77951277051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2010.5421575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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