A wireless sensor network compatible triaxial accelerometer: Application for detection of falls in the elderly

Sensor Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-325

  Purwar, Amit ^a   Myllyla, Risto ^b   Chung, Wan Young ^a  

^a Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity monitoring; Wearable system; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; HYBRID SENSORS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WALKING AIDS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

ACCELEROMETER DATUMS; ACTIVITY MONITORING; BASE NODES; FALL DETECTIONS; FEASIBILITY TESTS; HEALTH MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN BODIES; IEEE 802.15.4; MEMS ACCELEROMETERS; REAL TIMES; REMOTE LOCATIONS; RMS ACCELERATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SENSOR NODES; SENSOR UNITS; SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS; THREE AXES; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETERS; VERTICAL AXIS; WEARABLE SYSTEM; WIRELESS SENSOR NODES; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 58049196557     PISSN: 1546198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sl.2008.044     Document Type: Article

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