DocumentCode
1489214
Title
Wireless Sensors Relay Medical Insight to Patients and Caregivers [Special Reports]
Author
Edwards, John
Volume
29
Issue
3
fYear
2012
fDate
5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
8
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Wearable sensors, whether functioning alone or connected into multinode body areas networks (BANs), are designed to help clinicians and other caregivers accurately monitor patients´ temperature, heart rate, brain activity, muscle motion, and other critical data.
Keywords
body area networks; body sensor networks; brain; cardiology; muscle; patient care; patient monitoring; BAN; brain activity; caregivers; heart rate; multinode body areas networks; muscle motion; patient temperature monitoring; wireless sensors; Biomedical monitoring; Hospitals; Monitoring; Sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1053-5888
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2012.2183489
Filename
6179818
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