Focused Session FQ-7
Wireless Body Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications
Members:
Maria Teresa ARREDONDO W., Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Matti HAMALAINEN, University of Oulu, Finland
Bin HE, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Robert ISTEPANIAN, Imperial College London, UK
Roozbeh JAFARI, Texas A&M University, USA
Benny Ping Lai LO, Imperial College London, UK
Joel RODRIGUES, Inatel, Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Federal University of Piauí, Brazil
Mohamad SAWAN, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China
Alessandro TOGNETTI, University of Pisa, Italy
Peter VELTINK, University of Twente, Netherlands
Guang-Zhong YANG, Imperial College of Sci., Tech. and Medicine, UK
Mehmet R. YUCE, Monash University, Australia
Maria Teresa ARREDONDO W., Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Matti HAMALAINEN, University of Oulu, Finland
Bin HE, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Robert ISTEPANIAN, Imperial College London, UK
Roozbeh JAFARI, Texas A&M University, USA
Benny Ping Lai LO, Imperial College London, UK
Joel RODRIGUES, Inatel, Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Federal University of Piauí, Brazil
Mohamad SAWAN, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China
Alessandro TOGNETTI, University of Pisa, Italy
Peter VELTINK, University of Twente, Netherlands
Guang-Zhong YANG, Imperial College of Sci., Tech. and Medicine, UK
Mehmet R. YUCE, Monash University, Australia
Fabio DI FRANCESCO, University of Pisa, Italy
Simone GENOVESI, University of Pisa, Italy
Michael JANK, Fraunhofer IISB, Germany
Gijs KRIJNEN, University of Twente, Netherlands
Wilfried MOKWA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Alessandro TOGNETTI, University of Pisa, Italy
Simone GENOVESI, University of Pisa, Italy
Michael JANK, Fraunhofer IISB, Germany
Gijs KRIJNEN, University of Twente, Netherlands
Wilfried MOKWA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Alessandro TOGNETTI, University of Pisa, Italy
Wearable communications and personal health management are the future trends the healthcare procedures are nowadays heading for. To make this happen, new technologies are required to provide trustable measuring and communications mechanisms from the data source to medical health databases.
Indeed, fuelled by the rapid growth in physiological sensors, microfluidics, wireless communication capabilities, and developments in materials chemistry and rapid prototyping/3D printing, new generation wearable and implantable body sensor technologies are emerging, driven by demand across a broad range of civilian and military applications. Of primary interest for this technology is personal health and healthcare applications, especially those requiring continuous monitoring of vital parameters of people suffering from chronic diseases. However, despite the advances in wireless BSNs and monitoring devices, further progress is needed in system integration, sensor miniaturisation, long-term reliability, autonomous operation, context aware operation, and data transmission and signal processing, for BSNs to become a truly pervasive technology that is compliant with non-technical legal, regulatory and ethical constraints.
Following the symposia on the same topic held at previous CIMTEC Conferences, the aim is to bring together researchers and engineers of academia and industry from multiple disciplines to address and debate these complex technical and regulatory challenges.
Advances in sensing devices for biomedical monitoring
Smart fabrics and wearable patches
Integration of wearable/implantable sensors
Low power electronics, energy management and harvesting, interconnects, antennas
Body sensors network architecture
Impact of advances in materials chemistry/biology and rapid prototyping/3D printing additive fabrication technologies
Applications in personalized healthcare and personal health monitoring
Indeed, fuelled by the rapid growth in physiological sensors, microfluidics, wireless communication capabilities, and developments in materials chemistry and rapid prototyping/3D printing, new generation wearable and implantable body sensor technologies are emerging, driven by demand across a broad range of civilian and military applications. Of primary interest for this technology is personal health and healthcare applications, especially those requiring continuous monitoring of vital parameters of people suffering from chronic diseases. However, despite the advances in wireless BSNs and monitoring devices, further progress is needed in system integration, sensor miniaturisation, long-term reliability, autonomous operation, context aware operation, and data transmission and signal processing, for BSNs to become a truly pervasive technology that is compliant with non-technical legal, regulatory and ethical constraints.
Following the symposia on the same topic held at previous CIMTEC Conferences, the aim is to bring together researchers and engineers of academia and industry from multiple disciplines to address and debate these complex technical and regulatory challenges.
Session Topics
Advances in sensing devices for biomedical monitoring
Smart fabrics and wearable patches
Integration of wearable/implantable sensors
Low power electronics, energy management and harvesting, interconnects, antennas
Body sensors network architecture
Impact of advances in materials chemistry/biology and rapid prototyping/3D printing additive fabrication technologies
Applications in personalized healthcare and personal health monitoring