Development of a fall detecting system for the elderly residents

2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1359-1362

  Wang, Chia Chi ^a   Chiang, Chih Yen ^a   Lin, Po Yen ^a   Chou, Yi Chieh ^a   Kuo, I Ting ^a   Huang, Chih Ning ^a   Chan, Chia Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Component; Elderly resident; Fall detect

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCELEROMETERS; COMPONENT; ELDERLY RESIDENT; FALL DETECT; FALL DETECTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 50949091425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2008.669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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