Wireless monitoring of cardiac activity: A critical review

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-28

  Fariborzi, Hossein ^a   Moghavvemi, Mahmoud ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cellular mobile network; ECG; Telemedicine; Wireless heart activity monitoring; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEART; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ZIGBEE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR MOBILE NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEART ACTIVITIES; REMOTE MONITORING; UBIQUITOUS HEALTH CARE; WIRELESS MONITORING;

REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 77954637012     PISSN: 17526418     EISSN: 17526426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2009.021905     Document Type: Review

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