Wearable sensors and systems

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Bonato, Paolo ^a,b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE SERVICES; BALANCE DISORDERS; BALANCE TRAINING; CELL PHONE; DATA LOGGER; EMERGENCY SITUATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEART RATES; LONG TERM MONITORING; MOTION SENSORS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMARY CARE; REMOTE ACCESS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SENSORIZED GLOVE; WEARABLE SENSORS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE PHONES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

TELEPHONE CIRCUITS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMEDICINE;

CLOTHING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77952254293     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2010.936554     Document Type: Article

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