title: Guest editorial. Special section on personal health systems.
abstract: This special section on personal health systems (PHSs) features 13 papers in three main areas: new-micro-nano instrumentation, sensors, and sensor-based systems; new information processing technology via embedding intelligence in PHS; and PHS platforms to address specific clinical applications.
authors.forename: Nicos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maglaveras
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonato
authors.forename: Toshiyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D057285:Precision Medicine; D017216:Telemedicine; D013686:Telemetry