Seamless Healthcare Monitoring Advancements in Wearable, Attachable,
This book shares the knowledge of active and prestigious worldwide researchers and scholars in the field of healthcare monitoring as authors investigate historical developments, summarize latest advancements, and envision future prospects on wearable, att
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amless Healthcare Monitoring
Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices
Seamless Healthcare Monitoring
Toshiyo Tamura • Wenxi Chen Editors
Seamless Healthcare Monitoring Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices
Editors Toshiyo Tamura Waseda University Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Wenxi Chen The University of Aizu Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
ISBN 978-3-319-69361-3 ISBN 978-3-319-69362-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69362-0
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Preface
Seamless monitoring of diverse physiological information in various daily life scenarios, whether asleep or awake, indoors or outdoors, is indispensable for long-term healthcare. Devices for such a purpose differ from conventional ones that are hospital-centered and aimed at short-term usage by professional personnel. Through scrutinizing the latest achievements in this realm, we classify the devices into three modalities: wearable, attachable, and invisible. A wearable device is defined as a monitoring modality that is worn by a user in daily life. It is usually integrated into items used daily (watch, eyeglass, ring, vest, gloves, belt, shirt, brassiere, shoes, necklace, and barrette) as an inseparable component. An individual customized size is usually required. It often moves with the user ubiquitously without any apparent or obtrusive parts. An attachable device is defined as a monitoring modality that should be attached onto the body noninvasively or can be touched occasionally by a user intentionally. It is not a n
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