Wearable Computing and Sensor Systems for Healthcare

Pervasive Computing and Networking

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 113-133

  Delmastro, Franca ^a   Conti, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) wireless technology feature of latest Bluetooth core specification; Concept of Health Body Area Network (Health BAN) system architecture of personal healthcare systems; Emotion recognition, in healthcare systems neurological and neuropsychological diseases; Health sensors, two categories self supporting and front end supported sensors; Healthcare professionals, improving efficiency of patient care 'continuum of care'; Medical and technological requirements of health sensors; Personal health system architecture; Vital signals, monitoring features of all pervasive healthcare systems; Wearable computing and sensor systems for healthcare; Wearable technology, supporting activity and emotion recognition accurate relationships among physiological signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886816466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119970422.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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