Estimating falls risk in the elderly: A wavelet based multiscale analysis

Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, ICECE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-168

  Khandoker, Ahsan H ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^b   Palaniswami, Marimuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; RISK PERCEPTION; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

EXERCISE PROGRAMS; MINIMUM FOOT CLEARANCES; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANTS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RELATIVE RISKS; WAVELET-BASED MULTISCALE ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 46249110157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECE.2006.355316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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