Physiological parameters measurement based on wheelchair embedded sensors and advanced signal processing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2564-2574

  Postolache, Octavian A ^a   Girao, Pedro M B Silva ^a,b   Mendes, Joaquim ^c   Pinheiro, Eduardo C ^a   Postolache, Gabriela ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ballistocardiography (BCG); independent component analysis (ICA); unobtrusive sensors; wavelet decomposition; wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING; ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY (BCG); COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; EMBEDDED SENSORS; HEART RATES; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; MEASUREMENT-BASED; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM ACCELEROMETERS; MOTHER WAVELETS; MULTISENSING; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SMART WHEELCHAIRS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SYSTEM CAPABILITIES; THREE-AXIS; UNOBTRUSIVE SENSORS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; ZIG-BEE;

ACCELEROMETERS; DATA PROCESSING; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION; WHEELCHAIRS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956715378     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2057590     Document Type: Article

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