For students and systems designers, Röcker and Ziefle (Human Technology Centre and communication science, RWTH Aachen U., Germany) assemble 14 chapters that take an interdisciplinary look at the medical, social, psychological, and technical aspects of smart healthcare technologies that support and assist users in technology-enhanced home environments, from implants for monitoring physiological signals to wearable technologies, and address the consequences for the design, use, and acceptance of future technologies. An international group of engineers, designers, computer scientists, and other researchers discuss wireless sensor technologies for patient monitoring, body area networks, mobile devices for storing personal health information, memory logging systems, a ubiquitous doctor device, vital sign monitors, using active multimodal feedback for neurological damage, an alternative input system for people with motor disabilities, computer-based home care, and other devices.
– Sci Tech Book News, BookNews.com
The knowledge and insights provided in this book will help students as well as systems designers to understand the fundamental social and technical requirements smart healthcare technologies have to meet. By providing a well-rounded introduction within one single volume, this book is equally suited as a library reference and upper-level course supplement, but also represents a first-class resource for independent study.
– Carsten Röcker, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; and Martina Ziefle, RWTH Aachen University, Germany