Comparison and overview of wireless sensor network systems for medical applications

Avijit Mathur, Thomas Newe

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Abstract

The need for technology to assist in medical monitoring applications is becoming more necessary in society as the number of patients in hospital and clinics continues to grow. The demand on staff to monitor every individual consistently becomes necessary. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are now being used to facilitate this on-demand monitoring both at the patients home and in the hospital/clinic environment. This paper looks at the basic parameters necessary for a medical based WSN with particular focus on communication platforms and their security. These parameters will be compared and contrasted, and the main components necessary to form an ideal medical WSN will be highlighted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-277
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST
Volume2014-January
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event8th International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST 2014 - Liverpool, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Sep 20144 Sep 2014

Keywords

  • Medical WSN
  • Sensors
  • Wireless platform
  • WSN architecture
  • WSN security

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