Dynamic fall detection and pace measurement in walking sticks

Proceedings - 2007 Joint Workshop on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems and Medical Device Plug-and-Play Interoperability, HCMDSS/MDPnP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 204-206

  Almeida, Oscar ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Liu, Jyh Charn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION SYSTEMS; FALL DETECTIONS; FREQUENCY LEVELS; GYROSCOPE CHIPS; LOW POWERS; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; WALKING PACES;

MILITARY OPERATIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 48349140488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HCMDSS-MDPnP.2007.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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