Wireless body area network for physical-activity classification and fall detection

Proc. 5th Int. Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN2008, in conjunction with the 5th Int. Summer School and Symp. on Medical Devices and Biosensors, ISSS-MDBS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 157-160

  Chan, Hsiao Lung ^a,b   Chao, Pei Kuang ^b   Chen, Yu Chuan ^b   Kao, Wei Jay ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DATA PROCESSING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FUZZY CLUSTERING; HEALTH; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ACCELERATION SIGNALS; BODY AREA NETWORKS; DIGITAL MEMORY; FALL DETECTION; LOW POWERS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICRO-CONTROLLER; MSP430F149; MULTI LAYERING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES; RF TRANSCEIVERS; SUMMER SCHOOLS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51949103687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSMDBS.2008.4575042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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