Development of a WLAN-based real time localization system for patient tracking in a Level i Trauma center

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-327

  Stübig, Timo ^a   Zeckey, Christian ^a   Min, William ^b   Citak, Musa ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Hüfner, Tobias ^a   Gaulke, Ralph ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient tracking; RTLS; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84867526867     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2012-0681     Document Type: Article

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