Wireless medical-embedded systems: A review of signal-processing techniques for classification

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-437

  Ghasemzadeh, Hassan ^a   Ostadabbas, Sarah ^b   Guenterberg, Eric ^b   Pantelopoulos, Alexandros ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^c West Wireless Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; embedded systems; healthcare; signal processing

Indexed keywords

BODY-WORN SENSORS; CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEART ATTACK; INERTIAL SENSOR; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL FIELDS; PATIENT DATA;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; SENSORS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84872287186     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2222572     Document Type: Review

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