BIOTEX-Biosensing Textiles for Personalised Healthcare Management

• Published in: IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 364 - 370
• Main Authors: Coyle, S., King-Tong Lau, Moyna, N., O'Gorman, D., Diamond, D., Di Francesco, F., Costanzo, D., Salvo, P., Trivella, M.G., De Rossi, D.E., Taccini, N., Paradiso, R., Porchet, J.-A., Ridolfi, A., Luprano, J., Chuzel, C., Lanier, T., Revol-Cavalier, F., Schoumacker, S., Mourier, V., Chartier, I., Convert, R., De-Moncuit, H., Bini, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Abdomen; Artificial Intelligence; Biocompatibility; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical materials; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Chemical analysis; Chemical and biological sensors; Chemical sensors; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Electronics, Medical - instrumentation; Health care; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; intelligent materials; Medical services; Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; multisensor systems; Oximetry; Precision Medicine; Respiration; Sensor systems; Sensors; Sternum; Surgical implants; Sweat; Sweat - chemistry; Telemetry; Textiles; Thorax; Wearable; Wearable sensors

Textile-based sensors offer an unobtrusive method of continually monitoring physiological parameters during daily activities. Chemical analysis of body fluids, noninvasively, is a novel and exciting area of personalized wearable healthcare systems. BIOTEX was an EU-funded project that aimed to devel...