TY - BOOK ID - 32075514 TI - Seamless Healthcare Monitoring : Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices AU - Tamura, Toshiyo. AU - Chen, Wenxi. PY - 2018 SN - 331969362X 3319693611 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Engineering. KW - Biomedical engineering. KW - Health administration. KW - Nanotechnology. KW - Electronic circuits. KW - Biomedical Engineering. KW - Circuits and Systems. KW - Signal, Image and Speech Processing. KW - Nanotechnology and Microengineering. KW - Health Administration. KW - Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology. KW - Patient monitoring KW - Equipment and supplies KW - Technological innovations. KW - Monitoring (Hospital care) KW - Monitoring, Patient KW - Monitoring, Physiological KW - Physiological monitoring KW - Critical care medicine KW - Diagnosis KW - Vital signs KW - Systems engineering. KW - Practice of medicine. KW - Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. KW - Medical practice KW - Practice of medicine KW - Physician practice acquisitions KW - Engineering systems KW - System engineering KW - Engineering KW - Industrial engineering KW - System analysis KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Clinical engineering KW - Medical engineering KW - Bioengineering KW - Biophysics KW - Medicine KW - Design and construction KW - Signal processing. KW - Image processing. KW - Speech processing systems. KW - Molecular technology KW - Nanoscale technology KW - High technology KW - Computational linguistics KW - Electronic systems KW - Information theory KW - Modulation theory KW - Oral communication KW - Speech KW - Telecommunication KW - Singing voice synthesizers KW - Pictorial data processing KW - Picture processing KW - Processing, Image KW - Imaging systems KW - Optical data processing KW - Processing, Signal KW - Information measurement KW - Signal theory (Telecommunication) KW - Electron-tube circuits KW - Electric circuits KW - Electron tubes KW - Electronics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32075514 AB - This book shares the knowledge of active and prestigious worldwide researchers and scholars in the field of healthcare monitoring as authors investigate historical developments, summarize latest advancements, and envision future prospects on wearable, attachable, and invisible devices that monitor diverse physiological information. The coverage of the book spans multiple disciplines, from biomechanics, to bioelectricity, biochemistry, biophysics and biomaterials. There is also wide coverage of various physical and chemical quantities such as electricity, pressure, flow, motion, force, temperature, gases, and biomarkers. Each chapter explores the background of a specific monitoring device, as well as its physical and chemical principles and instrumentation, signal processing and data analysis, achieved outcomes and application scenarios, and future research topics. There are chapters on: Electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and electromyograms Measurement of flow phenomenon Latest wearable technologies for the quantification of human motion Various forms of wearable thermometers Monitoring of gases and chemical substances produced during metabolism…and more! This book is appropriate and accessible for students and scientists, as well as researchers in biomedical engineering, computer engineers, healthcare entrepreneurs, administrative officers, policy makers, market vendors, and healthcare personnel. It helps to provide us with insights into future endeavors, formulate innovative businesses and services, and will help improve people’s health and quality of life. ER -