Advances in textile technologies for unobtrusive monitoring of vital parameters and movements

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006:2006:392-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259307.

Abstract

Recent research and development activity is described in the field of textile-based wearable systems for personalized health care. Sensorized shirts for vital signs monitoring and wearable systems for gesture and posture recognition are specifically illustrated, resulting from the EU funded project my heart.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clothing*
  • Electrocardiography / instrumentation*
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Europe
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory / methods
  • Movement / physiology
  • Plethysmography, Impedance / instrumentation*
  • Plethysmography, Impedance / methods
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical
  • Textile Industry / instrumentation*
  • Textile Industry / trends*
  • Textiles*
  • Transducers