Title :
Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables: E-textile solutions
Author :
Pacelli, M. ; Loriga, G. ; Taccini, N. ; Paradiso, R.
Author_Institution :
SMARTEX, Prato
Abstract :
In this paper is reported the experience gained in the last five years, in the implementation of wearable systems for personalized health care and their evolution in time. Sensing bio clothes for vital signs monitoring and wearable systems for gesture and posture recognition are specifically illustrated, resulting from the EU funded projects: Wealthy and My Heart.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; health care; medical computing; patient monitoring; physiology; biomechanical variable monitoring; e-textile solutions; gesture recognition; personalized health care; physiological variable monitoring; posture recognition; sensing bio clothes; sensing fabrics; wearable systems; Biomedical monitoring; Biomembranes; Biosensors; Clothing; Electrodes; Fabrics; Patient monitoring; Skin; Textile technology; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Devices and Biosensors, 2006. 3rd IEEE/EMBS International Summer School on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9787-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9787-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISSMDBS.2006.360082
