Wearable and Nearable Biosensors and Systems for Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

Biosensors and systems in the form of wearables and “nearables” (everyday sensorized objects with transmitting capabilities, e.g., smartphones) are rapidly evolving and used for the monitoring of health, exercise activity, and performance. Unlike conventional approaches, these devices enable convenient, continuous, and/or unobtrusive monitoring of a user’s vital signs during daily life. Examples of measurements include biopotentials, body motion, pressure, blood flow, temperature, and biochemical markers. These systems combine innovations in sensor design, electronics, data transmission, power management and signal processing. However, although much research has been carried out so far in this area, many technological aspects still remain to be optimized and represent open challenges for the scientific community.

This Special Issue invites original research papers and review articles aimed at proposing advancements in wearable and nearable biosensors and systems for healthcare. Exemplary topics of interest include biocompatible and stretchable materials, textile/flexible/tattoo/remote sensors and electronics, device miniaturization, low-power signal conditioning, multisensor wireless data transmission and synchronization, advanced algorithms for the analysis of sensor data, and extraction of biological features.

Prof. Marco Di Rienzo
Prof. Ramakrishna Mukkamala
Guest Editors

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