Wearable Sensors and Systems

• Published in: IEEE engineering in medicine and biology magazine Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 25 - 36
• Main Author: Bonato, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biomedical monitoring; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cell phones; Cellular telephones; Condition monitoring; Diabetes; Emergencies; Emergency response; Emergency vehicles; Heart; Monitoring; Motion sensors; Parkinson's disease; Patient monitoring; Robots; Sensors; Wearable; Wearable sensors
• ISSN: 0739-5175; 1937-4186
• DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2010.936554

It is now more than 50 years since the time when clinical monitoring of individuals in the home and community settings was first envisioned. Until recently, technologies to enable such vision were lacking. However, wearable sensors and systems developed over the past decade have provided the tools t...