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Mobile wearable nano-bio health monitoring systems with smartphones as base stations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Varadan, V. K., 1943-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Chen, L. F. (Lin Feng), 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New York, N.Y. (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : ASME ; Momentum Press, 2012.
Series:Biomedical & nanomedical technologies.
Subjects:
Wearable computers.
Patient monitoring.
Biosensors.
Smartphones.
Medical telematics.
Telecommunication in medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Series editor's preface
  • Preface
  • Author biographies
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Evolution of health monitoring
  • 1.2 Architecture of a mobile health monitoring system
  • 1.3 Smartphones for healthcare applications
  • 1.4 Smart textile based wearable health monitoring systems
  • 2. Nano-bio sensors for health monitoring
  • 2.1 Physiological signals for health monitoring
  • 2.2 Bioelectric sensors based on carbon nanotubes
  • 2.3 Bioelectric sensors based on metal nanowires
  • 2.4 Cuffless blood pressure sensors
  • 3. Telecommunication and information technologies for mobile health monitoring systems
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Wireless transmitter unit
  • 3.3 Wireless receiver unit
  • 3.4 Smartphone
  • 3.5 e-Nanoflex
  • 4. Smart textile based wearable health monitoring systems
  • 4.1 Smart textiles
  • 4.2 Printable electronics
  • 4.3 Textile sensor technology
  • 4.4 Roll-to-roll fabrication techniques
  • 5. Case studies
  • 5.1 Cardiac health monitoring
  • 5.2 e-bra for ECG measurement for women
  • 5.3 Smart vest for ECG and blood pressure measurement for men
  • 5.4 Diagnosis of sleep apnea
  • 6. Perspectives and technical challenges
  • 6.1 Transformation of healthcare practice
  • 6.2 Technical challenges
  • References.