Human–computer interaction

Wearable computer

Computer science

Health care

Economics

Smartwatch

Wearable technology

Economic growth

Embedded system

Artificial intelligence

Data science

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in healthcare applications has been actively researched over the last few years. It holds promising opportunities as it is used to track human activities and vital signs using wearable devices and assist in diseases’ diagnosis, and it can play a great role in elderly care and patient’s health monitoring and diagnostics. With the great technological advances in medical sensors and miniaturization of electronic chips in the recent five years, more applications are being researched and developed for wearable devices. Despite the remarkable growth of using smart watches and other wearable devices, a few of these massive research efforts for machine learning applications have found their way to market. In this study, a review of the different areas of the recent machine learning research for healthcare wearable devices is presented. Different challenges facing machine learning applications on wearable devices are discussed. Potential solutions from the ...

Machine Learning for Healthcare Wearable Devices: The Big Picture