Location-aware fall detection system for medical care quality improvement

3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 477-480

  Huang, Chih Ning ^a,b   Chiang, Chih Yen ^a,b   Chang, Jui Sheng ^a,b   Chou, Yi Chieh ^a,b   Hong, Ya Xuan ^a,b   Hsu, Steen J ^a,b   Chu, Woei Chyn ^a,b   Chan, Chia Tai ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fall detection; Location aware; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; CRITICAL INFORMATION; FALL DETECTION; HEALTH COMPLICATIONS; LOCATION AWARENESS; LOCATION-AWARE; MEDICAL CARE; POSITION INFORMATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ZIG-BEE;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 72949122659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MUE.2009.84     Document Type: Conference Paper

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