title: [Wireless medical monitoring--current status and developments].
abstract: Wireless medical monitoring overcomes the limitations of conventional wired-monitoring, enabling people to get their physiological and pathological informations anytime and anywhere. This review summarizes the basic components and principles of wireless medical monitoring, including the techniques for measuring and transmitting vital signs. Its status,developments in R&D and applications are presented with a series of examples. Limitations and potential uses of wireless medical monitoring are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Communications and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: Zhuang-zhi
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Jie-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004867:Equipment Design; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*