[Wireless medical monitoring--current status and developments].
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.
Yan
Zhuang-zhi
ZZ
School of Communications and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai.
Zhang
Jing
J
Shi
Jun
J
Jiang
Jie-Hui
JH
D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004867:Equipment Design; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*