LOBIN: E-textile and wireless-sensor-network-based platform for healthcare monitoring in future hospital environments

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1446-1458

  López, Gregorio ^a   Custodio, Víctor ^a   Moreno, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

E textile; healthcare; indoor location; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; E-TEXTILE; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; HEALTHCARE IT; HEALTHCARE MONITORING; HEART RATES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCATION; LABORATORY TEST; MADRID , SPAIN; NETWORK-BASED; PERVASIVE SERVICE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PILOT SCHEME; SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT; VALIDATION RESULTS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

HOSPITALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TEXTILES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 78249275834     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2010.2058812     Document Type: Article

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