Smart home technology for telemedicine and emergency management

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 535-546

  Li, Kin Fun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; E health; Home care; Privacy; Remote healthcare; Security; Sensor network; Sensor technology; Smart home; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; EHEALTH; HOME CARE; SECURITY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SMART HOMES;

AUTOMATION; DATA PRIVACY; HOME HEALTH CARE; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELEMEDICINE;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84884578415     PISSN: 18685137     EISSN: 18685145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12652-012-0129-8     Document Type: Article

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