Wearable Systems Syllabus – Book Reference
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UNIT I – INTRODUCTION TO WEARABLE SYSTEMS AND SENSORS
From Annalisa Bonfiglio & Danilo De Rossi – Wearable Monitoring Systems (Springer, 2011)
- Introduction to wearable systems – Ch. 1, pp. 1–8
- Need for wearable systems – pp. 8–12
- Drawbacks of conventional systems – pp. 12–15
- Applications – Ch. 2, pp. 27–35
- Types & components – Ch. 2, pp. 36–43
From Zhang & Yuan-Ting – Wearable Medical Sensors and Systems (Springer, 2013)
- Overview of wearable medical sensors – Ch. 1, pp. 1–5
- Inertial movement sensors – Ch. 3, pp. 65–78
- Respiration activity sensors – Ch. 5, pp. 131–140
- Impedance plethysmography – Ch. 6, pp. 152–158
- Wearable ground reaction force sensors – Ch. 7, pp. 174–180
UNIT II – SIGNAL PROCESSING & ENERGY HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE DEVICES
From Edward Sazonov & Michael R. Neuman – Wearable Sensors (Elsevier, 2014)
- Wearability issues (shape, placement) – Ch. 2, pp. 25–34
- Sensor design challenges – pp. 35–39
- Signal acquisition & sampling – pp. 40–48
- Rejection of irrelevant information – pp. 49–54
From Mehmet R. Yuce & Jamil Y. Khan – Wireless Body Area Networks (Pan Stanford, 2012)
- Power requirements – Ch. 6, pp. 145–150
- Solar cell, vibration-based harvesting – pp. 151–156
- Thermal-based, human body heat – pp. 157–162
- Hybrid thermoelectric-photovoltaic systems – pp. 163–166
- Thermopiles – pp. 167–169
UNIT III – WIRELESS HEALTH SYSTEMS
From Mehmet R. Yuce & Jamil Y. Khan – Wireless Body Area Networks (Pan Stanford, 2012)
- Need for wireless monitoring – Ch. 1, pp. 1–4
- Definition of BAN – pp. 5–8
- BAN & healthcare – pp. 9–14
- Technical challenges (security, reliability) – Ch. 5, pp. 117–126
- BAN architecture – pp. 127–134
- Wireless communication techniques – pp. 135–144
UNIT IV – SMART TEXTILES
From Annalisa Bonfiglio & Danilo De Rossi – Wearable Monitoring Systems (Springer, 2011)
- Introduction to smart textiles – Ch. 4, pp. 81–84
- Passive & active smart textiles – pp. 85–89
- Conductive fibres – pp. 90–94
- Treated conductive fibres – pp. 95–98
- Conductive fabrics – pp. 99–102
- Conductive inks – pp. 103–106
- Case study (ECG & respiration) – pp. 107–112
UNIT V – APPLICATIONS OF WEARABLE SYSTEMS
From Edward Sazonov & Michael R. Neuman – Wearable Sensors (Elsevier, 2014)
- Medical diagnostics – Ch. 10, pp. 245–252
- Chronic disease monitoring – pp. 253–258
- Hospital patient monitoring – pp. 259–264
- Elderly patient monitoring – pp. 265–270
- Neural recording – pp. 271–277
- Gait analysis – pp. 278–284
- Sports medicine – pp. 285–291