Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications

"Unlike other books on wireless sensors networks, this unique reference focuses on methods of application, validation and testing based on real deployments of sensor networks in the clinical and home environments. Key topics include healthcare and wireless sensors, sensor network applications, designs of experiments using sensors, data collection and decision making, clinical deployment of wireless sensor networks, contextual awareness medication prompting field trials in homes, social health monitoring,and the future of wireless sensor networks in healthcare."--Publisher description.

Terrance Dishongh is the principle engineer and lead technologist in the Digital Health Research and Innovation Group at Intel Corporation. He received his M.S. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Michael McGrath is a researcher in IT Research at Intel Corporation. He received his Ph.D. in sensors and instrumentation from Dublin City University. Dr. McGrath is also a chartered chemist and chartered scientist. Benjamin Kuris is a lead hardware engineer in the Digital Health Group and Intel Corporation. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Yale Univeristy.