Electromagnetic Sensors for Remote Patient Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

The continuous and rapid growth of the combined senior and geriatric population has resulted in an increase of age-related chronic diseases. This situation results in a shortage of healthcare personnel, together with the ever-increasing demands for healthcare services. Coupled with the expected rise in healthcare cost and since only a minority could afford private home-care personnel, the need for technologies enabling remote patient monitoring is certainly on the rise. In this respect, in the last two decades, radar and Wi-Fi technologies have been significantly attracting the attention of many researchers worldwide. The capability of measuring movements, speed and distance of multiple subjects, even though clothes, blankets, and many barriers (e.g. glass, doors, walls, etc.), in various ambient light and weather conditions, allows the use of these technologies for vital signs monitoring, fall detection and human tracking. Moreover, the monitoring can be performed continuously while preserving the privacy of the subjects and without adverse health effects. This opens a multitude of healthcare and ambient assisted living applications.

In this Special Issue, we welcome research articles describing the most recent advances and innovations in the hardware, software, signal processing algorithms, and applications of radar and Wi-Fi sensors for remote patient monitoring.

Dr. Marco Mercuri
Prof. Dr. Changzhi Li
Dr. Francesco Fioranelli
Guest Editors

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