Unlike other books on wireless sensors networks, this unique reference focuses on methods of application, validation and testing based on real deployments of sensor networks in the clinical and home environments. Key topics include healthcare and wireless sensors, sensor network applications, designs of experiments using sensors, data collection and decision making, clinical deployment of wireless sensor networks, contextual awareness medication prompting field trials in homes, social health monitoring, and the future of wireless sensor networks in healthcare.
In this book, the authors capture a broad spectrum of knowledge gained by conducting numerous healthcare trials in clinical and home settings using wireless sensors networks. The general problem of acquiring physiological and behavioral data from patients for diagnosis, monitoring, or chronic disease management can be addressed using wireless sensors. Within this text the authors have collected the best known methods, technology assessments, and training to teach and inform the reader, based on experience and knowledge collected over the last 10 years “in the trenches.”