Unobstructive Body Area Networks (BAN) for Efficient Movement Monitoring

The technological advances in medical sensors, low-power microelectronics and miniaturization, wireless communications and networks have enabled the appearance of a new generation of wireless sensor networks: the so-called wireless body area networks (WBAN). These networks can be used for continuous...

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Published in:	Sensors
Main Authors:	António Pereira, Florentino Fdez-Riverola, Filipe Felisberto, Nuno Costa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2012-09-01
Subjects:	Wireless Body Area Networks motion recognition rehabilitation profiling inertial and physiological sensors
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/9/12473

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