title: Advances in textile technologies for unobtrusive monitoring of vital parameters and movements.
abstract: Recent research and development activity is described in the field of textile-based wearable systems for personalized health care. Sensorized shirts for vital signs monitoring and wearable systems for gesture and posture recognition are specifically illustrated, resulting from the EU funded project my heart.
authors.affiliation: Smartex Laboratories, Prato, Italy. rita@smartex.it
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Rossi
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010992:Plethysmography, Impedance / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013783:Textile Industry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*; D013784:Textiles; D014159:Transducers