Empirical study of a medical sensor application in an urban emergency department

BODYNETS 2009 - 4th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ko, JeongGil ^a   Gao, Tia ^b   Terzis, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aid Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; EMERGENCY ROOMS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO LINKS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS;

CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; END-TO-END RELIABILITIES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; PACKET RECEPTION RATIOS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 85116182032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2009.5947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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