Towards automatic detection of falls using wireless sensors

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1379-1382

  Srinivasan, Soundararajan ^a   Han, Jun ^b   Lal, Dhananjay ^a   Gacic, Aca ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AUTOMATIC FALL DETECTION; BODYWORN TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETERS; DYNAMIC ACCELERATION VALUES; MOTION DETECTORS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 57649183493     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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