Wearable Biosensors for Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in biomedical and healthcare technology have shown great potential for shifting some of the clinical monitoring and diagnosis to the home of patients. This would not only relieve some of the burden on hospital resources but also provide medical care to a larger cohort of population. Realisation of this idea, however, requires medical equipment and devices that are small in size, lower in cost than their traditional counterparts, safe, easy and comfortable to use, and able to provide reliable results. The push towards large-scale availability of wearable devices for healthcare is only possible with the development of biosensors with high sensing accuracy, small size, low cost, high sensitivity, and low power consumption.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the recent advancements around the design of biosensors for wearable healthcare applications. It will bring together discussions related to the latest technologies, design strategies, development outcomes, and best practices for biosensors in healthcare. Contributions may include, but are not limited to: 

• Biosensors for personalised healthcare
• Biosensors for long-term monitoring
• Biosensors for wearable medical devices
• Advances in materials for biosensors
• Demonstration and characterization of full systems using wearable biosensors
• Low-cost biosensors and systems

Dr. Syed Anas Imtiaz
Dr. Qammer Hussain Abbasi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biosensors is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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