RFID sensor-tags feeding a context-aware rule-based healthcare monitoring system

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3435-3449

  Catarinucci, Luca ^a   Colella, Riccardo ^a   Esposito, Alessandra ^a   Tarricone, Luciano ^a   Zappatore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Healthcare monitoring system; Ontology; Pervasive computing; Sensor integration; UHF RFID

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84867855489     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9794-y     Document Type: Article

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