Ear-worn body sensor network device: An objective tool for functional postoperative home recovery monitoring

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Aziz, Omer ^a   Atallah, Louis ^a   Lo, Benny ^a   Gray, Edward ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; EAR; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SENSOR; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMECHANICS; EAR; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79953088627     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.005173     Document Type: Article

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