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A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications
The early detection of fatal diseases is crucial for medical diagnostics and treatment, both of which benefit the individual and society. Portable devices, such as thermometers and blood pressure monitors, and large instruments, such as computed tomography (CT) and X-ray scanners, have already been...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10099362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37050733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23073673 |
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author | Mao, Pengsu Li, Haoran Yu, Zhibin |
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description | The early detection of fatal diseases is crucial for medical diagnostics and treatment, both of which benefit the individual and society. Portable devices, such as thermometers and blood pressure monitors, and large instruments, such as computed tomography (CT) and X-ray scanners, have already been implemented to collect health-related information. However, collecting health information using conventional medical equipment at home or in a hospital can be inefficient and can potentially affect the timeliness of treatment. Therefore, on-time vital signal collection via healthcare monitoring has received increasing attention. As the largest organ of the human body, skin delivers significant signals reflecting our health condition; thus, receiving vital signals directly from the skin offers the opportunity for accessible and versatile non-invasive monitoring. In particular, emerging flexible and stretchable electronics demonstrate the capability of skin-like devices for on-time and continuous long-term health monitoring. Compared to traditional electronic devices, this type of device has better mechanical properties, such as skin conformal attachment, and maintains compatible detectability. This review divides the health information that can be obtained from skin using the sensor aspect’s input energy forms into five categories: thermoelectrical signals, neural electrical signals, photoelectrical signals, electrochemical signals, and mechanical pressure signals. We then summarize current skin-wearable health monitoring devices and provide outlooks on future development. |
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spelling | pubmed-100993622023-04-14 A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications Mao, Pengsu Li, Haoran Yu, Zhibin Sensors (Basel) Review The early detection of fatal diseases is crucial for medical diagnostics and treatment, both of which benefit the individual and society. Portable devices, such as thermometers and blood pressure monitors, and large instruments, such as computed tomography (CT) and X-ray scanners, have already been implemented to collect health-related information. However, collecting health information using conventional medical equipment at home or in a hospital can be inefficient and can potentially affect the timeliness of treatment. Therefore, on-time vital signal collection via healthcare monitoring has received increasing attention. As the largest organ of the human body, skin delivers significant signals reflecting our health condition; thus, receiving vital signals directly from the skin offers the opportunity for accessible and versatile non-invasive monitoring. In particular, emerging flexible and stretchable electronics demonstrate the capability of skin-like devices for on-time and continuous long-term health monitoring. Compared to traditional electronic devices, this type of device has better mechanical properties, such as skin conformal attachment, and maintains compatible detectability. This review divides the health information that can be obtained from skin using the sensor aspect’s input energy forms into five categories: thermoelectrical signals, neural electrical signals, photoelectrical signals, electrochemical signals, and mechanical pressure signals. We then summarize current skin-wearable health monitoring devices and provide outlooks on future development. MDPI 2023-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10099362/ /pubmed/37050733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23073673 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mao, Pengsu Li, Haoran Yu, Zhibin A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title | A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title_full | A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title_fullStr | A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title_short | A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications |
title_sort | review of skin-wearable sensors for non-invasive health monitoring applications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10099362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37050733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23073673 |
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