A basic study for automatic waist circumference measurement using magnet with waist belt to assist obese management in daily life

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 2333-2336

  Jang, Yongwon ^a   Shin, Seungchul ^a   Kim, Seunghwan ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETS;

BELT SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DAILY LIVES; MOVING DIRECTIONS; NOVEL ALGORITHMS; RESISTIVE SENSORS;

NUTRITION;

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 61849165191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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