Title :
Advances in textile technologies for unobtrusive monitoring of vital parameters and movements
Author :
Paradiso, Rita ; Rossi, Danilo De
Author_Institution :
Smartex Labs., Prato
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Recent research and development activity is described in the field of textile-based wearable systems for personalized health care. Sensorized shirts for vital signs monitoring and wearable systems for gesture and posture recognition are specifically illustrated, resulting from the EU funded project my heart
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; biomedical transducers; electrocardiography; fabrics; gesture recognition; health care; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; piezoresistive devices; yarn; cardiopulmonary signs monitoring; conductive yarn; fabric electrodes; gesture recognition; human movements monitoring; personalized health care; piezoresistive fabric sensors; posture recognition; sensorized shirts; textile technology; textile-based wearable system; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Cardiovascular diseases; Clothing; Condition monitoring; Intelligent sensors; Textile fibers; Textile technology; US Department of Transportation; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259307
