In the Spotlight: BioInstrumentation

Author

Yamakoshi, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Coll. of Sci. & Eng., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan

Volume

6

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The present review deals with three notable topics from recent publications in the field of bioinstrumentation. These are: (1) new conducting polymer electrodes for in vivo bio-electrical measurements; (2) mHealth technology using mobile communication devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs); and (3) noninvasive in vivo measurement of blood constituents. These topics are of recent or renewed interest and, where appropriate, progress since the previous reviews [1], [2] will be highlighted.

Keywords

biomedical communication; biomedical electrodes; biomedical electronics; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; blood; cardiology; cellular biophysics; conducting polymers; health care; mobile communication; mobile handsets; notebook computers; patient care; patient monitoring; PDA; ballistocardiography; bioinstrumentation field; blood constituent measurement; conducting polymer electrodes; home healthcare technologies; in vivo bioelectrical measurements; mHealth technology; mobile communication devices; mobile phones; noninvasive in vivo measurement; noninvasive optical measurement; personal digital assistants; wearable patient monitoring; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Electrodes; Instrumentation and measurement; Mobile communication; Polymer electrodes; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Technology; Electrodes; Polymers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Reviews in

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1937-3333

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/RBME.2012.2227703

Filename

6355615