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Implanted and Wearable Body Sensors Network

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2024 | Viewed by 2436

Special Issue Editors

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
Interests: embedded systems; information security and privacy; MPSoC; DVFS; computer systems engineering; heterogeneous architecture; artificial intelligence; machine learning; signal processing
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School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
Interests: biomedical signal processing; machine learning and wearable sensing
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School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, 5B.542, Colchester Campus, Colchester, UK
Interests: FPGAE; mbedded systems; image processing; intelligent systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Implantable and wearable body sensors network systems are an important development in the emerging research field at the intersection of computer science and healthcare industry. Such body sensor networks are used in the healthcare industry to minimize the need for caregivers and help chronically ill and elderly people to live an independent life, besides providing people with quality care.

I cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which will present studies addressed to all types of implanted and wearable body sensor networks and related topics.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Body area networks
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Wearable sensors
  • Implanted sensors
  • Healthcare applications
  • Biosensors
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanorobotics
  • Implanted communication
  • Wearable Computing
  • Privacy and security of body area networks
  • Privacy and security of implanted sensors

Dr. Somdip Dey
Dr. Delaram Jarchi
Dr. Xiaojun Zhai
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Body area networks
  • Implanted sensors
  • Wearable computing
  • Wireless body sensor networks
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanorobotics
  • Implanted communication

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A Variable-Volume Heart Model for Galvanic Coupling-Based Conductive Intracardiac Communication
by Yiming Liu, Yueming Gao, Liting Chen, Tao Liu, Jiejie Yang, Siohang Pun, Mangi Vai and Min Du
Sensors 2022, 22(12), 4455; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22124455 - 12 Jun 2022
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Abstract
Conductive intracardiac communication (CIC) has become one of the most promising technologies in multisite leadless pacemakers for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Existing studies have shown that cardiac pulsation has a significant impact on the attenuation of intracardiac communication channels. In this study, a novel [...] Read more.
Conductive intracardiac communication (CIC) has become one of the most promising technologies in multisite leadless pacemakers for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Existing studies have shown that cardiac pulsation has a significant impact on the attenuation of intracardiac communication channels. In this study, a novel variable-volume circuit-coupled electrical field heart model, which contains blood and myocardium, is proposed to verify the phenomenon. The influence of measurements was combined with the model as the equivalent circuit. Dynamic intracardiac channel characteristics were obtained by simulating models with varying volumes of the four chambers according to the actual cardiac cycle. Subsequently, in vitro experiments were carried out to verify the model’s correctness. Among the dependences of intracardiac communication channels, the distance between pacemakers exerted the most substantial influence on attenuation. In the simulation and measurement, the relationship between channel attenuation and pulsation was found through the variable-volume heart model and a porcine heart. The CIC channel attenuation had a variation of less than 3 dB. Full article
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