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Medical Body Area Network A Medical Body Area Network, or MBAN is a network of multiple devices about the human body which exchange data continually, and of which, at least one or more of the devices are continuously monitoring aspects of the body's vital senses. Typically, a MBAN incorporates a network of inexpensive disposable sensors worn on, or even implanted in, the body. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Results by page [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] ![]() A detailed and in-depth article by the singularity hub, on the quest for integrating the human body with a sensory network, and what such will mean for us as individuals, health and life-wise. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the start of April 2009, a US firm, Oticon, started shipping a rather interesting concept, essentially hearing aids that plug into the local wireless network as you walk around. Whilst this company may be the first, it's a definite interest area for others. The Dextroscope is a holographic display system designed specifically to help surgeons visualize and practice on the area to be operated on, prior to actual surgery. This book is predominately a medical textbook, designed for students. However, it is a heavily illustrated tome, with detailed diagrams and explanations of lower body prosthetics lavishly slapped over a great many of its pages. It looks at when prosthetics might be necessary, and how they would be integrated into the body. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Results by page (14/10/2008)
Pocket gadgets hold ever more information, but are still mostly unconnected islands of data. One of the most promising ways to change that is to link up a person's devices by using the human body as a conduit. The same appro...
(15/10/2007)
Electronics giant Philips has develop a wireless sensor network that transmits data from a patient's body to a central computer system. blood pressure levels, blood oxygen levels and electrocardiograms can be transmitted to ...
(28/01/2013)
When people see pictures of bodies, a whole range of brain regions are active. This network is altered in women with anorexia nervosa. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, two regions that are important for the processing of bo...
(16/05/2010)
Is it possible to have the illusion that your body has changed radically, or that a different body is your body? Mel Slater, Professor of Virtual Environments at UCL Computer Science, describes the findings and scientific app...
(14/03/2007)
Anatomists, along with bio-chemists and medical illustration students at the University of Buffalo in New York, USA, have crafted a detailed, real-time explorable map of the innards of a complete human body. Starting the year...
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