@inproceedings{6424731c61d34ad28774098a6261e676,
title = "A preliminary evaluation of continuous, shoe-integrated weight measurements for heart failure patients",
abstract = "Weight measurements are part of current medical care for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. In this work, we explore the potential of shoe-mounted pressure sensors to automatically and remotely estimate the weight of CHF patients. We show that weight estimation accuracy degrades due to human subject movement. Moreover, we show that for a standing human subject the accuracy is influenced by the characteristic of the sensor used to measure pressure. Our experimental evaluation of various pressure sensors widely used in wearable applications reveals that they exhibit properties that are undesirable for precise weight measurements.",
keywords = "E-health, E-textiles, Flexible sensors, Heart failure, Pressure sensors, Sensor creep, Sensor drift, Wearable electronics, Weight estimation",
author = "Ahmed Elian and Nisrein Sada and Ibrahim Elfadel and Mohammed Saeed and Ayman Shabra",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 ; Conference date: 16-08-2016 Through 20-08-2016",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591793",
language = "British English",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "4768--4771",
booktitle = "2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016",
address = "United States",
}