DocumentCode
139184
Title
A portable heat flux sensor
Author
Cousin, P. ; Gehin, C. ; Poujaud, J. ; Noury, Norbert
Author_Institution
Innovation Center, INL Lab. & Vigilio S.A. Co., La Tronche, France
fYear
2014
fDate
26-30 Aug. 2014
Firstpage
614
Lastpage
617
Abstract
Nowadays monitoring physiological signals in real situations is essential to get the best diagnosis on patients. In this study we focus on the heat flux generated by the human body. We are developing a portable heat flux sensor using specific thermal materials.
Keywords
biomedical materials; biothermics; body sensor networks; heat measurement; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; portable instruments; heat flux generation; human body; patient diagnosis; physiological signal monitoring; portable heat flux sensor; specific thermal materials; Heating; Insulators; Irrigation; Materials; Skin; Temperature measurement; Thermal conductivity; heat flux; thermal sensor; wearable sensor;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
ISSN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943666
Filename
6943666
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