Overview
- Editors:
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Guang-Zhong Yang
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Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK
- BSN (Body Sensor Networks) is a new area of research
- Based on the first two international workshops on BSN held at Imperial College London, and is unique in the depth and breadth of the material covered
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxviii
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- Omer Aziz, Benny Lo, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zhong Yang
Pages 1-39
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- Bhavik A. Patel, Costas A. Anastassiou, Danny O’Hare
Pages 41-87
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- Anna Radomska, Suket Singhal, Tony Cass
Pages 89-115
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- Javier Espina, Thomas Falck, Oliver Mülhens
Pages 145-182
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- Eric Yeatman, Paul Mitcheson
Pages 183-217
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- Leila Shepherd, Timothy G. Constandinou, Chris Toumazou
Pages 219-238
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- Guang-Zhong Yang, Xiaopeng Hu
Pages 239-285
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- Surapa Thiemjarus, Guang-Zhong Yang
Pages 287-331
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- Guang-Zhong Yang, Benny Lo, Surapa Thiemjarus
Pages 333-372
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- David R. S. Cumming, Paul A. Hammond, Lei Wang, Jonathan M. Cooper, Erik A. Johannessen
Pages 373-397
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Back Matter
Pages 403-493
About this book
Advances in science and medicine are closely linked; they are characterised by episodic imaginative leaps, often with dramatic effects on mankind and beyond. The advent of body sensor networks represents such a leap. The reason for this stems from the fact that all branches of modern medicine, ranging from prevention to complex intervention, rely heavily on early, accurate, and complete diagnosis followed by close monitoring of the results. To date, attempts at doing this consisted of intermittent contact with the individual concerned, producing a series of snapshots at personal, biochemical, mechanical, cellular, or molecular levels. This was followed by making a series of assumptions which inevitably resulted in a distortion of the real picture. Although the human genome project has shown that we are all “equal”, it confirmed the fact that each one of us has unique features at many levels, some of which include our susceptibility to disease and a particular response to many external stimuli, medicines, or procedures. This has resulted in the concept of personalised medicines or procedures promised to revolutionise our approach to healthcare. To achieve this, we need accurate individualised information obtained at many levels in a continuous fashion. This needs to be accomplished in a sensitive, respectful, non-invasive manner which does not interfere with human dignity or quality of life, and more importantly it must be affordable and cost-effective.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK
Guang-Zhong Yang
