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Body Area Networks and Healthcare

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Derived from Wireless Sensor Networks, Body Area Networks, comprise a wide range of typologies with sensor nodes placed on, close to, or implanted in the body that measure physiological signs. The availability of compact mobile computing devices makes it possible to integrate traditional healthcare with new powerful means. New paradigms in public health are arising from these developments, such as e-health and mHealth, and new converging applications can be envisioned. Physiological data acquisition provided by BANs may give care providers a unobtrusive real-time view on patient’s health. On the other hand, the patient may be informed, assisted and even given the proper treatment by care providers. In this chapter, recent work on BANs focused on healthcare and mHealth is surveyed.

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This work has been partially supported by the PON R&C grant MI01_00091 funding the SeNSori project.

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Peri, D. (2014). Body Area Networks and Healthcare. In: Gaglio, S., Lo Re, G. (eds) Advances onto the Internet of Things. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03992-3_21

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