Title :
Smart devices and services in healthcare and wellness
Author :
Nakajima, Hiroshi ; Shiga, Toshikazu
Author_Institution :
Omron Corp., Kizugawa, Japan
Abstract :
Healthcare and wellness have been far beyond just interests in all over the world because of changes in lifestyle and aging society. Even though the definitions of them have been controversial, they should be realized with low cost, high usability, and promised performance especially against lifestyle diseases. In this article, the idea of health management is introduced with studies of smart devices and services. The examples of visceral fat measurement, active mass monitoring, and web-based self care services are referred to consideration of the right solution in healthcare and wellness.
Keywords :
Internet; health care; intelligent sensors; mass measurement; medical computing; Web-based self care service; active mass monitoring; aging society; health management; healthcare; lifestyle change; lifestyle disease; smart devices; smart services; visceral fat measurement; wellness; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Diseases; Guidelines; Impedance; Medical diagnostic imaging; Smart devices; health management; healthcare; home and medical care; smart services;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), 2011 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-175-5
