A wireless accelerometer system with wavelet analysis for assessing lameness in cattle

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-551

  Pastell, M ^a   Tiusanen, J ^a   Hakojarvi M ^a   Hanninen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION DATA; ACCELEROMETER DATA; GAIT FEATURES; LOCOMOTION SCORE; RADIO CHANNELS; TIME-SCALES; WAVELET VARIANCE; WIRELESS ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

BOS;

EID: 70350714108     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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