Wearable eHealth Systems For Personalised Health Management: State Of The Art and Future Challenges (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics)

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Message from the organizers......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Health in the Information and Knowledge Economy Age - A European Perspective......Page 13
Introduction to User Needs, Technological Concepts and Market Trends......Page 17
Executive Summary......Page 19
New Concepts and Technologies in Home Care and Ambulatory Monitoring......Page 21
MyHeart: Fighting Cardiovascular Disease by Preventive Lifestyle and Early Diagnosis......Page 48
Health0: A New Health and Lifestyle Management Paradigm......Page 55
How Wearable Technologies Will Impact the Future of Health Care......Page 61
World-Wide Technical Overview......Page 69
Executive Summary......Page 71
Optimizing Workflow and Knowledge in Healthcare through Innovation......Page 73
I-Wear for Health Care and Wellness - State of the Art and Future Possibilities......Page 82
Research in Intelligent Biomedical Clothing vs. Realities in the European Textile Business......Page 87
Current and Future R&D Activities of the EC-IST Programme in eHealth......Page 93
Interactive Textiles for Warrior Systems Applications......Page 100
Challenges of Ambulatory Physiological Sensing......Page 107
Driver Monitoring - New Challenges for Smart Sensor-Based Systems......Page 115
Market Research on Garment-Based \"Wearables\" and Biophysical Monitoring and a New Monitoring Method......Page 123
 Smart Wearable Monitoring and Diagnostic Systems......Page 131
Executive Summary......Page 133
New Paradigms in Telemedicine: Ambient Intelligence, Wearable, Pervasive and Personalized......Page 135
The LifeShirt: A Multi-Function Ambulatory System Monitoring Health, Disease, and Medical Intervention in the Real World......Page 145
Body Area Network - A Key Infrastructure Element for Patient-Centered Telemedicine......Page 154
Contact Centers, Pervasive Computing and Telemedicine: A Quality Health Care Triangle......Page 161
Research and Development of Smart Wearable Health Applications: The Challenge Ahead......Page 167
On-Body Diagnosis for Wearable Systems Serving Biomedical Needs......Page 174
Communication and Interoperability for Serial Comparison in Continuous Health Care - The New Challenges......Page 184
Wireless Body Area Networks for Healthcare: The MobiHealth Project......Page 193
Development of Electronic Textiles for U.S. Military Protective Clothing Systems......Page 206
Smart Wearable and Implantable Disease Management Systems......Page 211
Executive Summary......Page 213
Wearable and Implantable Monitoring Systems: 10 Years Experience at University of Ulster......Page 215
Artificial Kinesthetic Systems for Telerehabilitation......Page 221
Implantable Medical Devices: Current Status and Future Developments within the Healthy-Aims Project......Page 226
The Role of Implantable Sensors for Management of Heart Failure......Page 231
EvoCare: A New Standard in Tele-Therapy......Page 240
Biomedical Clothing......Page 247
Executive Summary......Page 249
e-Health and Quality of Life: The Role of the Wearable Motherboard......Page 251
Wearable System for Vital Signs Monitoring......Page 265
Telemonitoring of Vital Parameters with Newly Designed Biomedical Clothing......Page 272
Strain Sensing Fabric for Hand Posture and Gesture Monitoring......Page 278
Wearable Textile Biofeedback Systems: Are They Too Intelligent for the Wearer?......Page 283
Potential Applications of Smart Clothing Solutions in Health Care and Personal Protection......Page 290
Body Motion Capture for Activity Monitoring......Page 298
An e-Textile System for Motion Analysis......Page 304
Round Table Debate......Page 315
New Solutions for Personalised Health Management: Citizens\' Needs, Healthcare Changes, and Market Perspectives - Round Table Debate......Page 317
Smart Fibers and Fabrics: The Challenges to Wearable Health......Page 325
Executive Summary......Page 327
Smart Fabrics: Integrating Fiber Optic Sensors and Information Networks......Page 329
A Feasibility Study of Yarns and Fibers with Annexed Electronic Functions: The ARIANNE Project......Page 336
Development of Textile-Based High-Tech Products: The New Challenge......Page 342
Smart and Hybrid Materials: Perspectives for Their Use in Textile Structures for Better Health Care......Page 347
Smart Textiles......Page 356
Author Index......Page 365