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Sensor developments for electrophysiological monitoring in healthcare

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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:46 authored by Helen Prance
Recent years have seen a renewal of interest in the development of sensor systems which can be used to monitor electrophysiological signals in a number of different settings. These include clinical, outside of the clinical setting with the subject ambulatory and going about their daily lives, and over long periods. The primary impetus for this is the challenge of providing healthcare for the ageing population based on home health monitoring, telehealth and telemedicine. Another stimulus is the demand for life sign monitoring of critical personnel such as fire fighters and military combatants. A related area of interest which, whilst not in the category of healthcare, utilises many of the same approaches, is that of sports physiology for both professional athletes and for recreation. Clinical diagnosis of conditions in, for example, cardiology and neurology remain based on conventional sensors, using established electrodes and well understood electrode placements. However, the demands of long term health monitoring, rehabilitation support and assistive technology for the disabled and elderly are leading research groups such as ours towards novel sensors, wearable and wireless enabled systems and flexible sensor arrays.

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  • Published

Publisher

Intech Open Access Publisher

Page range

265-286

Pages

500.0

Book title

Applied Biomedical Engineering

Place of publication

Rijeka & Shanghai

ISBN

9789533072562

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  • Engineering and Design Publications

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  • Yes

Editors

Gaetano D Gargiulo, Alistair McEwan

Legacy Posted Date

2012-06-28

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