Editors:
- Defines and classifies existing monitoring modalities into three categories: wearables, attachables, and invisibles
- Covers a diverse range of devices that are appropriate for chemical, pressure, temperature, motion, and nutrition monitoring
- Clarifies how each monitoring device can help support life-long healthcare from the cradle to the grave, and provides insights into future endeavors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Bioelectric Signals
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Front Matter
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Pressure Signals
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Pulse and Flow
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Front Matter
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Motion and Force
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Front Matter
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Temperature
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Gases and Chemical Substances
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Nutrition and Energy Expenditure
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About this book
- 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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Waseda University, Shinjuku, Japan
Toshiyo Tamura
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The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
Wenxi Chen
About the editors
Wenxi Chen is Professor at The University of Aizu.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seamless Healthcare Monitoring
Book Subtitle: Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices
Editors: Toshiyo Tamura, Wenxi Chen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69362-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69361-3Published: 04 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88764-7Published: 04 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69362-0Published: 24 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 469
Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations, 135 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Circuits and Systems, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Health Administration, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology