Data acquisition system using six degree-of-freedom inertia sensor and zigbee wireless link for fall detection and prevention

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2353-2356

  Dinh, A ^a   Teng, D ^a   Chen, L ^a   Ko, S B ^a   Shi, Y ^a   Basran, J ^a   Del Bello Hass, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ZIGBEE;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; FALL DETECTION; HIGH-PRECISION; PATIENT MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; SYSTEM FUNCTIONS; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER;

DATA ACQUISITION;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TELEMETRY;

EID: 61849106627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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