Wireless sensor networks for healthcare applications

Unlike other books on wireless sensors networks that are geared to the healthcare industry, this unique reference focuses on methods of application, validation, and testing based on real deployments of sensor networks in the clinicaland home environments. Moreover, this insightful resource looks at future trends in healthcare and the potential impact of body sensor networks to those trends. Written by industry experts, this volume gives professionals the practical knowledge they need to design and develop wireless sensor networks that meet today’s demanding industry challenges and that have the potential to improvehealthcare systems in the years to come. INDICE: Healthcare and Wireless Sensors. Sensor Network Technologies. Informing Your Design. Technology Selection. Data Collection and Decision Making. Deploying in the Field. Clinical Deployments of Wireless Sensor Networks: Gait. Contextual Awareness Medication Prompting Field Trails in Homes. Case Study:Social Health. Future of Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare.

• ISBN: 978-1-59693-305-7
• Editorial: Artech House
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 260
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés