The smartphone as a medical device: Assessing enablers, benefits and challenges

2013 IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communications and Networking, SECON 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 76-80

  Agu, Emmanuel ^a   Pedersen, Peder ^a   Strong, Diane ^a   Tulu, Bengisu ^a   He, Qian ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Li, Yejin ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical device; Mobile health; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; MOBILE DEVICES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SENSORS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

ANDROID SMARTPHONE; DIABETES PATIENTS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART BEAT DETECTIONS; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MOBILE HEALTH; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84890886646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAHCN.2013.6644964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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