A new wireless biosensor for intra-vaginal temperature monitoring

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10314-10327

  Caldeira, João M L P ^a,b   Rodrigues, Joel J P C ^a   Garcia, João F R ^a   de la Torre, Isabel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

E health; IEEE 802.14.5; Temperature; Wireless Body Sensor; Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSORS; COMMUNICATION MODULES; EHEALTH; IEEE 802.14.5; REMOTE DATA ACCESS; SENSOR ARCHITECTURES; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; WIRELESS BIOSENSORS;

BIOSENSORS; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; TESTBEDS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VAGINA;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREGNANCY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VAGINA;

EID: 84871056667     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101110314     Document Type: Article

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