Healthy Aims: Developing New Medical Implants and Diagnostic Equipment

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	@article{ 10.1109/MPRV.2008.8, author = {Diana Hodgins and Arnaud Bertsch and Nils Post and Manfred Frischholz and Bart Volckaerts and John Spensley and J.M. Wasikiewicz and Henry Higgins and Felix von Stetten and Laurence Kenney}, title = {Healthy Aims: Developing New Medical Implants and Diagnostic Equipment}, journal ={IEEE Pervasive Computing}, volume = {7}, number = {1}, issn = {1536-1268}, year = {2008}, pages = {14-21}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2008.8}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Diana Hodgins, European Technology for Business

Arnaud Bertsch, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Nils Post, Intelligent Medical Implants

Manfred Frischholz, Campus Micro Technologies

Bart Volckaerts, Cochlear Technology Centre Europe

John Spensley, Finetech Medical

J.M. Wasikiewicz, University of London

Henry Higgins, Zarlink Semiconductor

Felix von Stetten, Stetten University of Freiburg

Laurence Kenney, University of Salford

The Healthy Aims project, www.healthyaims.org, is a

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medical implants, wireless, sensors, microelectromechanical devices, MEMS, biological systems, nanotechnology

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Diana Hodgins, Arnaud Bertsch, Nils Post, Manfred Frischholz, Bart Volckaerts, John Spensley, J.M. Wasikiewicz, Henry Higgins, Felix von Stetten, Laurence Kenney, "Healthy Aims: Developing New Medical Implants and Diagnostic Equipment," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 14-21, Jan.-Mar. 2008, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2008.8

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