Download or read book Ambulation Analysis in Wearable ECG written by Subhasis Chaudhuri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambulation Analysis in Wearable ECG demonstrates why, due to recent developments, the wearable ECG recorder substantiates a significant innovation in the healthcare field. About this book: Examines the viability of wearable ECG in cardiac monitoring Includes chapters written by practitioners who have personally developed such hardware to write about the hardware details Bridges the gap between hardware and algorithmic developments with chapters that specifically discuss the hardware aspects and their corresponding calibration issues Presents a useful text for both practitioners and researchers in biomedical engineering and related interdisciplinary fields Assumes basic familiarity with digital signal processing and linear algebra.
Download or read book ECG Acquisition and Automated Remote Processing written by Rajarshi Gupta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is focused on the area of remote processing of ECG in the context of telecardiology, an emerging area in the field of Biomedical Engineering Application. Considering the poor infrastructure and inadequate numbers of physicians in rural healthcare clinics in India and other developing nations, telemedicine services assume special importance. Telecardiology, a specialized area of telemedicine, is taken up in this book considering the importance of cardiac diseases, which is prevalent in the population under discussion. The main focus of this book is to discuss different aspects of ECG acquisition, its remote transmission and computerized ECG signal analysis for feature extraction. It also discusses ECG compression and application of standalone embedded systems, to develop a cost effective solution of a telecardiology system.
Download or read book Wearable Electronics and Embedded Computing Systems for Biomedical Applications written by Enzo Pasquale Scilingo and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Wearable Electronics and Embedded Computing Systems for Biomedical Applications" that was published in Electronics
Download or read book Health Monitoring Systems written by Rajarshi Gupta and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote health monitoring using wearable sensors is an important research area involving several key steps: physiological parameter sensing and data acquisition, data analysis, data security, data transmission to caregivers, and clinical intervention, all of which play a significant role to form a closed loop system. Subject-specific behavioral and clinical traits, coupled with individual physiological differences, necessitate a personalized healthcare delivery model for around-the-clock monitoring within the home environment. Cardiovascular disease monitoring is an illustrative application domain where research has been instrumental in enabling a personalized closed-loop monitoring system, which has been showcased in this book. Health Monitoring Systems: An Enabling Technology for Patient Care provides a holistic overview of state-of-the-art monitoring systems facilitated by Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The book lists out the details on biomedical signal acquisition, processing, and data security, the fundamental building blocks towards an ambulatory health monitoring infrastructure. The fundamentals have been complimented with other relevant topics including applications which provide an in-depth view on remote health monitoring systems. Key Features: Presents examples of state-of-the-art health monitoring systems using IoT infrastructure Covers the full spectrum of physiological sensing, data acquisition, processing, and data security Provides relevant example applications demonstrating the benefits of technological advancements aiding disease prognosis This book serves as a beginner’s guide for engineering students of electrical and computer science, practicing engineers, researchers, and scientists who are interested in having an overview of pervasive health monitoring systems using body-worn sensors operating outside the hospital environment. It could also be recommended as a reference for a graduate or master’s level course on biomedical instrumentation and signal processing.
Download or read book Wearable Systems Based Gait Monitoring and Analysis written by Shuo Gao and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wearable Systems Based Gait Monitoring and Analysis provides a thorough overview of wearable gait monitoring techniques and their use in health analysis. The text starts with an examination of the relationship between the human body’s physical condition and gait, and then introduces and explains nine mainstream sensing mechanisms, including piezoresistive, resistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, inductive, optical, air pressure, EMG and IMU-based architectures. Gait sensor design considerations in terms of geometry and deployment are also introduced. Diverse processing algorithms for manipulating sensors outputs to transform raw data to understandable gait features are discussed. Furthermore, gait analysis-based health monitoring demonstrations are given at the end of this book, including both medical and occupational applications. The book will enable students of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, signal processing, and ergonomics and practitioners to understand the medical and occupational applications of engineering-based gait analysis and falling injury prevention methods.
Download or read book m Health written by Robert S. H. Istepanian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses recent advances from both the clinical and technological perspectives to provide a comprehensive presentation of m-Health This book introduces the concept of m-Health, first coined by Robert S. H. Istepanian in 2003. The evolution of m-Health since then—how it was transformed from an academic concept to a global healthcare technology phenomenon—is discussed. Afterwards the authors describe in detail the basics of the three enabling scientific technological elements of m-Health (sensors, computing, and communications), and how each of these key ingredients has evolved and matured over the last decade. The book concludes with detailed discussion of the future of m-Health and presents future directions to potentially shape and transform healthcare services in the coming decades. In addition, this book: Discusses the rapid evolution of m-Health in parallel with the maturing process of its enabling technologies, from bio-wearable sensors to the wireless and mobile communication technologies from IOT to 5G systems and beyond Includes clinical examples and current studies, particularly in acute and chronic disease management, to illustrate some of the relevant medical aspects and clinical applications of m-Health Describes current m-Health ecosystems and business models Covers successful applications and deployment examples of m-Health in various global health settings, particularly in developing countries
Download or read book Neonatal Monitoring Technologies Design for Integrated Solutions written by Chen, Wei and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a unique integration of knowledge from multidisciplinary fields of engineering, industrial design, and medical science for the healthcare of a specific user group"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health Safety Ergonomics and Risk Management written by Vincent G. Duffy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mobile Networks for Biometric Data Analysis written by Massimo Conti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases new and innovative approaches to biometric data capture and analysis, focusing especially on those that are characterized by non-intrusiveness, reliable prediction algorithms, and high user acceptance. It comprises the peer-reviewed papers from the international workshop on the subject that was held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2014 and featured sessions on ICT for health care, biometric data in automotive and home applications, embedded systems for biometric data analysis, biometric data analysis: EMG and ECG, and ICT for gait analysis. The background to the book is the challenge posed by the prevention and treatment of common, widespread chronic diseases in modern, aging societies. Capture of biometric data is a cornerstone for any analysis and treatment strategy. The latest advances in sensor technology allow accurate data measurement in a non-intrusive way, and in many cases it is necessary to provide online monitoring and real-time data capturing to support a patient’s prevention plans or to allow medical professionals to access the patient’s current status. This book will be of value to all with an interest in this expanding field.
Download or read book Biomedical Signal Analysis for Connected Healthcare written by Sridhar Krishnan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomedical Signal Analysis for Connected Healthcare provides rigorous coverage on several generations of techniques, including time domain approaches for event detection, spectral analysis for interpretation of clinical events of interest, time-varying signal processing for understanding dynamical aspects of complex biomedical systems, the application of machine learning principles in enhanced clinical decision-making, the application of sparse techniques and compressive sensing in providing low-power applications that are essential for wearable designs, the emerging paradigms of the Internet of Things, and connected healthcare. Provides comprehensive coverage of biomedical engineering, technologies, and healthcare applications of various physiological signals Covers vital signals, including ECG, EEG, EMG and body sounds Includes case studies and MATLAB code for selected applications
Download or read book Social Innovation in Long Term Care Through Digitalization written by Massimo Conti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers extended contributions to the workshop on Long-Term Digital Care, LTC-2021, organized by the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), Ancona, Italy, and the Hochschule Konstanz (HTWG), Germany, in November 2021, and funded by the DAAD Joint Mobility Program. It covers innovative, practice-oriented approaches that are expected to foster digital health care, with a special focus on improving internationalization and accessibility. The book, which bridges between technological and social disciplines, reports on selected studies with the main goals of: establishing a comparison of Long-Term Digital Care approaches, with focus on exchange and networking processes; defining practical roadmaps for digital social innovation; establishing concepts and methods for process evaluation and sustainability. It offers a timely snapshot on technologies for patient monitoring and assistant systems, medical data analysis and image processing, digital platforms and advanced diagnostics techniques, and discusses important concepts relating to traceable process evaluation, networking and accessibility. It aims at informing, yet it is also intended to inspire and foster a stronger collaboration across disciplines, countries, as well as academic and professional institutions.
Download or read book Wearable and Implantable Electrocardiography for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases written by Hussain, Shaik Asif and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of cardiovascular research and monitoring faces a critical challenge in the early detection of cardiovascular diseases due to limitations in existing monitoring methods. These methods lack accuracy, power efficiency, and compactness, creating a gap in effective intervention and patient outcomes. This pressing problem necessitates advanced solutions that can enhance the capabilities of wearable and implantable electrocardiography (ECG) sensors for accurate and timely detection of conditions like cardiac arrhythmia and heart failure. Wearable and Implantable Electrocardiography for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases presents a comprehensive solution to address these challenges. Written by esteemed scholars with experience in academia and research, this groundbreaking book introduces innovative approaches to enhance ECG sensors. It introduces a novel low-noise and low-power capacitive feedback amplifier based on a current-reused operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), incorporating digitalization techniques and threshold converters to enable the accurate extraction of vital data points. The book emphasizes reduced power consumption and circuit size to ensure energy-efficient and compact monitoring solutions. Targeting academic scholars, researchers, and professionals in the field, this essential resource covers a wide range of topics and equips readers with valuable insights and innovative solutions to overcome existing limitations. By utilizing the knowledge and tools shared in this book, scholars and professionals can drive advancements in the early detection and management of cardiovascular diseases, improving patient care and outcomes.
Download or read book IoT Sensor Based Activity Recognition written by Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offer clear descriptions of the basic structure for the recognition and classification of human activities using different types of sensor module and smart devices in e.g. healthcare, education, monitoring the elderly, daily human behavior, and fitness monitoring. In addition, the complexities, challenges, and design issues involved in data collection, processing, and other fundamental stages along with datasets, methods, etc., are discussed in detail. The book offers a valuable resource for readers in the fields of pattern recognition, human–computer interaction, and the Internet of Things.
Download or read book Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Signals Systems and Automation ICSSA 2009 written by Himanshu Soni and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers from the 2009 International Conference on Signals, Systems and Automation (ICSSA 2009). The conference at a glance: - Pre-conference Workshops/Tutorials on 27th Dec, 2009 - Five Plenary talks - Paper/Poster Presentation: 28-29 Dec, 2009 - Demonstrations by SKYVIEWInc, SLS Inc., BSNL, Baroda Electric Meters, SIS - On line paper submission facility on website - 200+ papers are received from India and abroad - Delegates from different countries including Poland, Iran, USA - Delegates from 16 states of India - Conference website is seen by more than 3000 persons across the world (27 countries and 120 cities)
Download or read book Smart Healthcare for Disease Diagnosis and Prevention written by Sudip Paul and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Healthcare for Disease Diagnosis and Prevention focuses on the advancement in healthcare technology to improve human health at all levels using smart technologies. It covers all necessary topics from basic concepts (such as signal and image processing) to advanced knowledge on topics such as tissue engineering, virtual and intelligent instrumentation (or VLSI) and Embedded Systems. This book can be used to guide students and young researchers, providing basic knowledge on signal/image processing and smart technologies. Users will find a perfect blend of the interdisciplinary approach to biomedical engineering. The book considers many technical concepts, emerging technologies, real-world healthcare applications, and many other technical, multidisciplinary notions in the same content. Finally, it systemically introduces the technologies and devices for healthcare objects and targets disease diagnosis and prevention in different views. Discusses how new advanced technologies are used in real healthcare applications to improve patient safety Explores how medical data such as signals and images can be used in diagnosis Covers how wireless communications devices, such as sensor networks, RFID, wireless body area network, and wearable sensors are used in the medical environment
Download or read book Clinical Technologies Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 2366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This multi-volume book delves into the many applications of information technology ranging from digitizing patient records to high-performance computing, to medical imaging and diagnostic technologies, and much more"--
Download or read book Liquid Metal Biomaterials written by Jing Liu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first-ever book to illustrate the principles and applications of liquid metal biomaterials. Room-temperature liquid metal materials are rapidly emerging as next-generation functional materials that display many unconventional properties superior to those of conventional biomaterials. Their outstanding, unique versatility (“one material, diverse capabilities”) opens many exciting opportunities for the medical sciences. The book reviews representative applications of liquid metal biomaterials from both therapeutic and diagnostic aspects. It also discusses related efforts to employ liquid metals to overcome today’s biomedical challenges. It will provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the technical advances and fundamental discoveries on the frontier, and thus equip them to investigate and utilize liquid metal biomaterials to tackle various critical problems.
