Detecting vital signs with wearablewireless sensors

Tuba Yilmaz, Robert Foster, Yang Hao*

*Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10837-10862
Number of pages26
JournalSensors
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/E057837/1, EP/E057624/1

    Keywords

    • BAN networks
    • On-body sensors
    • RF sensing
    • Wearable sensors
    • Wireless telemetry

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