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Diabetes Care, Biomedical and Information Technologies for

2006; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0349

Enrique J. Gómez Aguilera, M. Elena Hernando, Francisco del Pozo,

Wireless Body Area Networks

Abstract Biomedical engineering research has brought many improvements to diabetes care and management. This article introduces the application of biomedical and information technologies to several aspects of diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diabetes. A comprehensive view of technologies is presented that covers biomedical sensors for blood glucose monitoring, instrumentation for self‐monitoring data collection and continuous insulin delivery, information technologies for a patient's monitoring data analysis and visualization, intelligent decision support techniques, and telemedicine systems. Future trends for noninvasive continuous blood glucose monitoring and closed‐loop control systems are also presented to face the challenge to improve the quality of diabetes care and the quality of life of diabetic people.