“Body Area Networks (BANs) are increasingly used for a wide variety of applications, from the healthcare technology field, to use by rescue personnel, the military and NASA. In the medical field, BANs can be utilized for physiological health monitoring—such as primary vital signs, heart rate, respiration, as well as internal and external body temperatures—and the future potential of the technology is promising.
Experts in the field expect the use of wireless medical technology to continue growing in coming years, as noted by presenters at the First Invitational Workshop on Body Area Network Technology and Applications, held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 20.”
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Brian Dunham, CMIO, 22 June 2011
