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<p>The need for technology to assist in medical monitoring applications is becoming more necessary in society as the number of patients in hospital and clinics continues to grow. The demand on staff to monitor every individual consistently becomes necessary. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are now being used to facilitate this on-demand monitoring both at the patients home and in the hospital/clinic environment. This paper looks at the basic parameters necessary for a medical based WSN with particular focus on communication platforms and their security. These parameters will be compared and contrasted, and the main components necessary to form an ideal medical WSN will be highlighted.</p>
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The need for technology to assist in medical monitoring applications is becoming more necessary in society as the number of patients in hospital and clinics continues to grow. The demand on staff to monitor every individual consistently becomes necessary. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are now being used to facilitate this on-demand monitoring both at the patients home and in the hospital/clinic environment. This paper looks at the basic parameters necessary for a medical based WSN with particular focus on communication platforms and their security. These parameters will be compared and contrasted, and the main components necessary to form an ideal medical WSN will be highlighted.

Comparison and overview of Wireless sensor network systems for Medical Applications

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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The need for technology to assist in medical monitoring applications is becoming more necessary in society as the number of patients in hospital and clinics...

Comparison and overview of Wireless sensor network systems for Medical Applications

Published Online: Feb 15, 2020

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2019-014

Keywords
sensors, WSN architecture, WSN security, wireless platform, medical WSN

© 2019 Avijit Mathur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Comparison and overview of Wireless sensor network systems for Medical Applications

Published Online: Feb 15, 2020

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2019-014

Keywordssensors, WSN architecture, WSN security, wireless platform, medical WSN

© 2019 Avijit Mathur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
sensors, WSN architecture, WSN security, wireless platform, medical WSN