Title :
Wearable and implantable bionics: from managing chronic disease to therapies for blindness
Abstract :
The role of telemetry and communications technology will be explored in a number of medical devices developed at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales. Topics discussed will include clinical measurement devices used for telehealth, triaxial accelerometers for personal alarming in the elderly and vision prostheses.
Keywords :
Accelerometers; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Blindness; Communications technology; Diseases; Medical treatment; Prosthetics; Senior citizens; Telemetry;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering/Electronics Computer Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5606-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5607-9