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Wearable technologies for sweat rate and conductivity sensors : design and principles /
Hauptbeschreibung Wearable sensors present a new frontier in the development of monitoring techniques. They are of great importance in sectors such as sports and healthcare, as they permit the continuous monitoring of physiological and biological elements, such as ECG and human sweat. Until recently...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hamburg :
Anchor Academic Pub.,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Wearable technologies for sweat rate and conductivity sensors: design and principles; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1
- Wearable sensors; 1.1 BIOTEX project; 1.2 Sweat; 1.3 Applications and sensors requirements; 1.4 Market innovation analysis and level of innovation; References; Chapter 2
- Sweat conductivity and temperature sensors; 2.1 Definition and preliminary tests; 2.2 Geometry and substrate of electrodes; 2.3 Temperature sensor; 2.4 Conductivity and temperature sensors; References; Chapter 3
- Sweat rate sensor; 3.1 Measurement of flow; 3.2 Humidity sensors.
- 3.2.1 Resistive humidity sensors3.2.2 Thermal conductivity humidity sensors; 3.2.3 Capacitive humidity sensors; 3.3 Wearable humidity sensors; 3.3.1 Test system; 3.4 Sensors based on conductive yarns coated with hydrophilic polymers; 3.5 Sensors based on conductive polymer fibres; 3.6 Sensors based on a layer of hydrophilic polymer between conductive fabrics; 3.7 Test of the sweat rate sensor; References; Chapter 4
- Calibration of the sensors and results; 4.1 Choice of body area for sweat sampling; 4.2 Calibration of the sensors; 4.3 Results; 4.4 Conclusions; References.