Wearable and implantable wireless sensor network solutions for healthcare monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5561-5595

  Darwish, Ashraf ^a   Hassanien, Aboul Ella ^b  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Body area networks; Healthcare applications; Implantable sensors; Nanotechnology; Privacy; Security; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; TELEMETRY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79959821040     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110605561     Document Type: Review

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