Abstract
The emergence of wireless technologies and advancements in on-body sensor design can enable change in the conventional health-care system, replacing it with wearable health-care systems, centred on the individual. Wearable monitoring systems can provide continuous physiological data, as well as better information regarding the general health of individuals. Thus, such vital-sign monitoring systems will reduce health-care costs by disease prevention and enhance the quality of life with disease management. In this paper, recent progress in non-invasive monitoring technologies for chronic disease management is reviewed. In particular, devices and techniques for monitoring blood pressure, blood glucose levels, cardiac activity and respiratory activity are discussed; in addition, on-body propagation issues for multiple sensors are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10837-10862 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Sensors |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- BAN networks
- On-body sensors
- RF sensing
- Wearable sensors
- Wireless telemetry