A comprehensive survey of wearable and wireless ECG monitoring systems for older adults

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 485-495

  Baig, Mirza Mansoor ^a   Gholamhosseini, Hamid ^a   Connolly, Martin J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ECG tele health care; Expert ECG systems; Mobile monitoring systems; Wearable monitoring systems; Wireless ECG monitoring systems

Indexed keywords

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE MONITORING SYSTEM; MOBILE TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; TELEHEALTH; WIRELESS ECG MONITORING;

HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMART WEARABLE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS AND MOBILE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84885646516     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1021-6     Document Type: Article

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