biomedical sensor


Biomedical sensors are sensors that detect medically relevant parameters; these could range from simple physical parameters like blood pressure or temperature, to analytes for which biosensors are appropriate

Intra-body communication for biomedical sensor networks
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Intra-body communication is a novel data transmission method that uses the human body as an electrical channel. The idea is driven by the vision of a cable-free biomedical monitoring system. On-body and implanted sensors monitor the vital functions and transfer data through

Flexible exploration and visualization of motifs in biomedical sensor data
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Motif discovery in time series is an important data mining task that involves the identification of frequently repeating subsequences, and has been used in biomedical sensor data analysis for pattern detection. However, time series data generated by different biomedical

Periodic-MAC: Improving MAC protocols for biomedical sensor networks through implicit synchronization
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Wired biomedical sensors have facilitated increasingly advanced clinical decisions support systems in specialized medical settings over the last decades. Reliable hemodynamic monitoring of cardiac and pulmonary function is mandatory for individual tailoring of Nanotechnology is widely considered to constitute the basis of the next technological revolution. One should not underestimate the multidisciplinary nature of nanotechnology. This forces researchers to adopt a manner of working more familiar to scientists in the

Implantable biomedical sensor array with biocompatible hermetic encapsulation
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The treatment of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, requires sensitive measuring systems. These should be able to detect the different metabolism-related parameters (blood glucose level, pH, pCO2) simultaneously and continuously. A new

Traffic and performance management for biomedical sensor network
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ABSTRACT Biomedical Sensor Network (BSN) consists of 5 to 10 invasive or noninvasive sensor nodes acquiring physiological signals from the subject body and transmitting it to the network coordinator through wireless channel. Special design characteristics of sensor and

Modelling and verification of QoS properties of a biomedical wireless sensor network
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Abstract Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks are small size sensor networks used in medical care applications which transmit vital body information of the patients to a sink node. Meeting QoS requirements such as keeping nodes connected to the sink, or maintaining a

Analysis of a membrane type polymeric-based tactile sensor for biomedical and medical robotic applications
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Various kinds of tactile sensors can be used in different biomedical and medical robotics applications to sense a wide range of stimuli, such as, detecting the presence or absence of a grasped tissue/object or even mapping a complete tactile image. Hl These sensors

Integrating Biomedical Sensor Data into a Simulation Learning Environment for Children Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes.
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Deploying Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) on/in human bodies has become an increasingly active area of research due to WBANs capability to monitor human physiological signals, which is useful in a wide range of applications. However, there is a

A ZigBee-based wireless biomedical sensor network as a precursor to an in-suit system for monitoring astronaut state of health
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Networks of low-power, in-suit, wired and wireless health sensors offer the potential to track and predict the health of astronauts engaged in extra-vehicular and in-station activities in zero-or reduced-gravity environments. Fundamental research questions exist regarding (a)

Photonic crystal based ring resonator sensor for detection of glucose concentration for biomedical applications
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In this paper, we have proposed an optical sensor design for urine analysis for diabetic applications. The sensor design consists of two dimensional photonic crystal ring resonator structure. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method has been used for the analysis

AL2O3 Nanolayer as Evanescent Waveguide for Biomedical Sensor Application.
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The aim of our research is to develop a sensitive sensor for biomedical applications. A nanolayer Al2O3 is used as evanescent waveguide. The material was deposited on a silicon wafer by using atomic layer deposition (ALD). In the present paper, we will report the

A MEMS vertical fringe comb capacitive pressure sensor for biomedical application
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This paper presents the design and implementation of a Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) vertical fringe comb capacitive pressure sensor for biomedical application. MEMS sensors are widely used in biomedical application due to its advantages of miniaturisation

Framework for QoS Performance Assessment on Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks.
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A Biomedical Wireless Sensor Network (BWSN) is a special Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) with a small number of nodes designed for medical applications. These networks must ensure that medical data is delivered reliably and efficiently, in order to fulfil a set of pre

A ZigBee-Wireless Biomedical Sensor Network as a Predecessor to an In-Suit Collection of Low-Power Health Sensors
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Biomedical sensors embedded in spacesuits will help to monitor astronaut health during extra-vehicular activities (EVAs). Wireless, textile-based, low-power designs that rely on energy harvesting techniques are an important goal, as they would promote sensor

Fast-reacting smart hydrogel-based sensor platform for biomedical applications
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Biomedical sensors based on smart hydrogels that change their swelling state in the presence of an analyte, are a very promising concept due to the inherent biocompatibility of these polymers. However, a widespread use requires the development of reliable, robust

High-spatial-resolution magnetic-field measurement by giant magnetoresistance sensor applications to nondestructive evaluation and biomedical engineering
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Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) sensor has been developed and widely applied to use as magnetic read head in data storage industry. This paper describes new applications of magnetic-field measurement with high spatial-resolution and high sensitivity to

MEMs based capacitive pressure sensor simulation for healthcare and biomedical applications
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This paper presents the design and characterization of a simulation of a capacitive blood pressure for healthcare and biomedical applications. Vital sign measurement and assessment are important components of the review of systems in a physical therapy

Simulation of MEMS Based Flexible Flow Sensor for Biomedical Application
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Arterial disease, especially Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of premature morbidity and mortality. During the flow, blood not only interacts with vessel wall mechanically but also chemically which modulates the plaque formation in blood vessel thus

Hartmann-Shack sensor ASICs for real-time adaptive optics in biomedical physics
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Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensors are widely used to measure wavefront aberrations. Their applications in biomedical physics are mainly in the fields, where lasers are used for diagnostics or treatment, especially in opthalmology. In a number of applications, eg retina