Special Session FO-9
Wearable and Implantable Sensors and Body Sensor Networks
Programme Chair:
Danilo DE ROSSI, University of Pisa, Italy
Members:
Ilangko BALASINGHAM, University of Oslo, Norway
Paolo BONATO, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, USA
Lorenzo CHIARI, University of Bologna, Italy
Shirley COYLE, Dublin City University, Ireland
Robert ISTEPANIAN, Kingston University, UK
Roozbeh JAFARI, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Emil JOVANOV, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Steffen LEONHARDT, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Rita PARADISO, Smartex Srl, Italy
Kwang Suk PARK, Seoul National University, Korea
Mohamad SAWAN, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Toshiyo TAMURA, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
Chris VAN HOOF, IMEC, Belgium
Vijay VARADAN, University of Arkansas, USA
Peter VELTINK, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Malte VON KRSHIWOBLOZKI, Fraunhofer IZM, Germany
Lei WANG, Shenzhen Inst.of Advanced Integration Tech., China
Guang-Zhong YANG, Imperial College London, UK
Eric YEATMAN, Imperial College London, UK
Haixia (Alice) ZHANG, Peking University, China
Yuan-ting ZHANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Danilo DE ROSSI, University of Pisa, Italy
Members:
Ilangko BALASINGHAM, University of Oslo, Norway
Paolo BONATO, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, USA
Lorenzo CHIARI, University of Bologna, Italy
Shirley COYLE, Dublin City University, Ireland
Robert ISTEPANIAN, Kingston University, UK
Roozbeh JAFARI, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Emil JOVANOV, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Steffen LEONHARDT, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Rita PARADISO, Smartex Srl, Italy
Kwang Suk PARK, Seoul National University, Korea
Mohamad SAWAN, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Toshiyo TAMURA, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
Chris VAN HOOF, IMEC, Belgium
Vijay VARADAN, University of Arkansas, USA
Peter VELTINK, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Malte VON KRSHIWOBLOZKI, Fraunhofer IZM, Germany
Lei WANG, Shenzhen Inst.of Advanced Integration Tech., China
Guang-Zhong YANG, Imperial College London, UK
Eric YEATMAN, Imperial College London, UK
Haixia (Alice) ZHANG, Peking University, China
Yuan-ting ZHANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ilangko BALASINGHAM, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway
Lorenzo CHIARI, DEI - Università di Bologna, Italy
Monica CRACIUN, University of Exeter, UK
Fabio DI FRANCESCO, University of Pisa, Italy
Dermot DIAMOND, Dublin City University, Ireland
Jean LUPRANO, CSEM, Switzerland
Rita PARADISO, Smartex Srl, Italy
Stefano STANZIONE, imec-NL, Netherlands
George STYLIOS, Heriot Watt University, UK
Toshiyo TAMURA, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
Jan VANFLETEREN, Ghent University, Belgium
Lorenzo CHIARI, DEI - Università di Bologna, Italy
Monica CRACIUN, University of Exeter, UK
Fabio DI FRANCESCO, University of Pisa, Italy
Dermot DIAMOND, Dublin City University, Ireland
Jean LUPRANO, CSEM, Switzerland
Rita PARADISO, Smartex Srl, Italy
Stefano STANZIONE, imec-NL, Netherlands
George STYLIOS, Heriot Watt University, UK
Toshiyo TAMURA, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
Jan VANFLETEREN, Ghent University, Belgium
Economic and social changes are playing a fundamental role on the development of healthcare systems so like they led to the transition from desktop computing and communication tools to portable devices. Thanks to these rapid advances in physiological sensors, microsystems, low power integrated circuits and wireless communication capability, portable devices for healthcare monitoring have become practically feasible. A wide range of research fields are interested in wearable wireless and implantable body sensor technologies from the civilian to military area. In particular, in the healthcare domain wearable/wireless body sensor network systems (BSNs) can lead to develop services such as medical monitoring, control of medical data management and emergency communication. A continuous monitoring and possible control of the health status will lead to early detection of emergency situations especially for people suffering from chronic diseases. However, in order to develop systems which provide high-quality care services further progress is needed in terms of unobtrusiveness, multi-sensory data integration, scalability, energy efficiency and security.
Session Topics
FO-9.1 Sensor technology
FO-9.2 Smart fabrics and wearables
FO-9.3 Wearable and implantable sensor systems
FO-9-4 Energy harvesting and management
FO-9.5 Antennas, data transmission, signal processing