Remote monitoring of mobility changes of the elderly at home using frequency rank order statistics

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Shieh, Jiann Shing ^a   Chuang, Chen Tse ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Kuo, Pen Yi ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatic monitoring system; Frequency and rank order statistics; Human behavior; Monitoring mobility changes; PIC microprocessors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC MONITORING SYSTEM; FREQUENCY AND RANK ORDER STATISTICS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MONITORING MOBILITY CHANGES; PIC MICROPROCESSORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROPROCESSOR; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33745683702     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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