A review on architectures and communications technologies for wearable health-monitoring systems

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 13907-13946

  Custodio, Víctor ^a   Herrera, Francisco J ^a   López, Gregorio ^a   Moreno, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body area networks (BAN); E textile; Indoor location; Pervasive health; Ubiquitous health; Wearable health monitoring systems (WHMS); Wireless sensor networks (WSN)

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORKS; E-TEXTILES; INDOOR LOCATIONS; PERVASIVE HEALTHS; UBIQUITOUS HEALTHS; WEARABLE HEALTH-MONITORING SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PATIENT MONITORING; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BODY SURFACE AREA; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84868218707     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121013907     Document Type: Review

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