Wearables technology for drug abuse detection: A survey of recent advancement
Abstract Wearable sensors have gathered tremendous interest for a plethora of applications, yet there is a void of robust and accurate wearable systems for reliable drug monitoring. Wearables can be found in many different form factors and physiologic monitoring capabilities. Due to their compact size, wearables can easily adjust to various computer and accessibility requirements for a wide range of applications. Recent work has demonstrated the feasibility wearable sensors to non invasively detect drugs, specifically drugs of abuse. This review highlights the recent development of wearables for continuous drug monitoring. The article presents a comprehensive survey and classification of different methods, research prototypes and commercially available devices. For each method we review the pros and cons, characteristics that promote flexibility, scalability, real time applications, and eventually autonomous system architecture.
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