Biotelemetry involves equipping humans or animals with sensors and wireless transmitters to monitor physiological metrics like heart rate, temperature, or movement from a distance. The data is encoded into a radio frequency signal and sent to a base station for recording and analysis. It is heavily used in medical monitoring, sports science, and wildlife tracking, allowing subjects to move freely without being tethered to diagnostic machines.
We're using biotelemetry to track the core temperatures of the divers while they work at depth.
Also heard as
- medical telemetry
Related terms
Telemetry
The automated collection and remote transmission of data from sensors or systems for monitoring and analysis.
Transmissible
Describes a signal or data format that is capable of being successfully sent over a given communications channel.
Data set
A historic term for an early modem used to connect digital terminals to analog telephone lines.