Potential and challenges of body area networks for personal health.

This paper illustrates how body area network technology may enable new personal health concepts. A BAN technology platform is presented, which integrates technology building blocks from the Human++ research program on autonomous wireless sensors. Technology evaluation for the case of wireless sleep staging and real-time arousal monitoring is reported.

Semantic wireless body area networks.

In this paper we introduce the concept of semantic Wireless Body Area Network (sWBAN). First the method for semantic interpretation of body sensor data is developed. This method is then illustrated for the case of ECG monitoring, providing the user with real-time monitoring and interpretation of heart activity.

Potential and challenges of body area networks for cardiac monitoring.

This article gives an overview of results of the Human++ research program related to cardiac monitoring (http://www.imec-nl.nl/).