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Application of data fusion techniques and technologies for wearable health monitoring

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King, Rachel C., Villeneuve, Emma, White, Ruth J., Sherratt, R. Simon, Holderbaum, William, Harwin, William S.·2017·Medical Engineering & Physics

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Technological advances in sensors and communications have enabled discrete integration into everyday objects, both in the home and about the person. Information gathered by monitoring physiological, behavioural, and social aspects of our lives, can be used to achieve a positive impact on quality of life, health, and well-being. Wearable sensors are at the cusp of becoming truly pervasive, and could be woven into the clothes and accessories that we wear such that they become ubiquitous and transparent. To interpret the complex multidimensional information provided by these sensors, data fusion techniques are employed to provide a meaningful representation of the sensor outputs. This paper is intended to provide a short overview of data fusion techniques and algorithms that can be used to interpret wearable sensor data in the context of health monitoring applications. The application of these techniques are then described in the context of healthcare including activity and ambulatory monitoring, gait analysis, fall detection, and biometric monitoring. A snap-shot of current commercially available sensors is also provided, focusing on their sensing capability, and a commentary on the gaps that need to be bridged to bring research to market.

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Authors
King, R. C., Villeneuve, E., White, R. J., Sherratt, R. S., Holderbaum, W., & Harwin, W. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Reading (GB)
  • University of Exeter (GB)
Corresponding author
King, Rachel C.
Venue
Medical Engineering & Physics
Published
2017-02-23
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
1-12
ISSN
  • 1350-4533 (ISSN-L)
  • 1873-4030
OpenAlex
W2588424569
Cited by
182
References
124
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 4
FWCI
1.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Medical Engineering & Physics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) (acceptedVersion)
  • CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
  • Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K031910/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Wireless Sensor Networks for Data Analysis
Keywords
data fusion, wearable sensors, health monitoring, physiological monitoring, activity monitoring, ambulatory monitoring, gait analysis, fall detection, biometric monitoring, ubiquitous health monitoring
MeSH terms
Wearable Electronic Devices, Algorithms, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Statistics as Topic

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