Leveraging knowledge from physiological data: On-body heat stress risk prediction with sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 861-870

  Gaura, Elena ^a   Kemp, John ^a   Brusey, James ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical informatics; body sensor networks; decision support systems; predictive models

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS; EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; NON-INTRUSIVE SENSORS; OPERATIVE MONITORING; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; WEARABLE SENSOR SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; EXPLOSIVES; SENSORS; THERMAL STRESS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIRE FIGHTER; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CLOTHING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIREFIGHTERS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893851182     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2254485     Document Type: Article

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