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Wearable technology in medicine and health care /

Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care provides readers with the most current research and information on the clinical and biomedical applications of wearable technology. Wearable devices provide applicability and convenience beyond many other means of technical interface and can include va...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tong, Raymond (Raymond Kai-yu) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2018]
Subjects:
Biosensors.
Biomedical engineering.
Wearable technology.
Medical care > Technological innovations.
Biosensors > Design and construction.
Patient monitoring > Equipment and supplies.
Robotic exoskeletons.
Wearable Electronic Devices.
Biosensing Techniques > instrumentation.
Biomedical Engineering > instrumentation.
Monitoring, Physiologic > instrumentation.
Exoskeleton Device.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
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Summary:Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care provides readers with the most current research and information on the clinical and biomedical applications of wearable technology. Wearable devices provide applicability and convenience beyond many other means of technical interface and can include varying applications, such as personal entertainment, social communications and personalized health and fitness. The book covers the rapidly expanding development of wearable systems, thus enabling clinical and medical applications, such as disease management and rehabilitation. Final chapters discuss the challenges inherent to these rapidly evolving technologies.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128498811
0128498811