International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 290431, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/290431
Research Article

PATHOS: Pervasive at Home Sleep Monitoring

Ian Obermiller and Sheikh I. Ahamed

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA

Received 16 October 2007; Accepted 15 January 2008

Academic Editor: Sajid Hussain

Copyright © 2008 Ian Obermiller and Sheikh I. Ahamed. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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