Healthcare Sensor Networks: Challenges Toward Practical Implementation (Hardcover)

Sensor Networks in Healthcare: A New Paradigm for Improving Future Global Health; Daniel T. H. Lai, Braveena Santhiranayagam, Rezaul K. Begg, and Marimuthu Palaniswami

Healthcare and Accelerometry: Applications for Activity Monitoring, Recognition, and Functional Assessment; Andrea Mannini and Angelo Maria Sabatini

Intrabody Communication Using Contact Electrodes in Low-Frequency Bands; Ken Sasaki, Fukuro Koshiji, and Shudo Takenaka

The Prospect of Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks; Yen Kheng Tan

Addressing Security, Privacy and Efficiency Issues in Healthcare Systems; Kalvinder Singh and Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy

Flexible and Wearable Chemical Sensors for Noninvasive Biomonitoring; Hiroyuki Kudo and Kohji Mitsubayashi

Monitoring Walking in Health and Disease; Richard Baker

Motion Sensors in Osteoarthritis: Prospects and Issues; Tim V. Wrigley

The Challenges of Monitoring Physical Activity in Children with Wearable Sensor Technologies; Gita Pendhakar, Daniel T. H. Lai, Alistair Shilton, and Remco Polman

Ambulatory and Remote Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms; Joseph P. Giuffrida and Edward J. Rapp

Nocturnal Sensing and Intervention for Assisted Living of People with Dementia; Paul J. McCullagh, William M.A. Carswell, Maurice D. Mulvenna, Juan C. Augusto, Huiru Zheng, and W. Paul Jeffers

Experiences in Developing a Wearable Gait Assistant for Parkinson’s Disease Patients; Marc Bachlin, Daniel Roggen, Meir Plotnik, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, and Gerhard Troster

Designing Low-Cost ECG Sensor and Monitor: Practical Considerations and Measures; Ahsan H. Khandoker and Brian A. Walker

Sensors, Monitoring and Model-Based Data Analysis in Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation; Jurgen Perl, Daniel Memmert, Arnold Baca, Stefan Endler, Andreas Grunz, Mirjam Rebel, and Andrea Schmidt

Robust Monitoring of Sport and Exercise; Andrew J. Wixted

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