Book description
From network deployment to secure monitoring, this book addresses the latest developments in healthcare sensor networks-medical monitoring devices implanted on the body or in the surrounding infrastructure. The text discusses fundamental concepts and provides examples of clinical applications, including sensors to monitor physical activity in children and wearable gait assistants for people with Parkinson's. Each chapter details a separate challenge in design and implementation. Addressing topics ranging from sensor hardware and the demand for higher data bandwidth to portability and cost, the book highlights the key areas that require further research for HSNs to become a technological and commercially viable reality.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editors
- Contributors
- 1. Sensor Networks in Healthcare: A New Paradigm for Improving Future Global Health
- 2. Healthcare and Accelerometry: Applications for Activity Monitoring, Recognition, and Functional Assessment
- 3. Intrabody Communication Using Contact Electrodes in Low-Frequency Bands
- 4. The Prospect of Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks
- 5. Addressing Security, Privacy and Efficiency Issues in Healthcare Systems
- 6. Flexible and Wearable Chemical Sensors for Noninvasive Biomonitoring
- 7. Monitoring Walking in Health and Disease
- 8. Motion Sensors in Osteoarthritis: Prospects and Issues
- 9. The Challenges of Monitoring Physical Activity in Children with Wearable Sensor Technologies
- 10. Ambulatory and Remote Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms
- 11. Nocturnal Sensing and Intervention for Assisted Living of People with Dementia
- 12. Experiences in Developing a Wearable Gait Assistant for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
- 13. Designing a Low-Cost ECG Sensor and Monitor: Practical Considerations and Measures
- 14. Sensors, Monitoring and Model-Based Data Analysis in Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation
- 15. Robust Monitoring of Sport and Exercise
Product information
- Title: Healthcare Sensor Networks
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781000755701
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