Real-time low-energy fall detection algorithm with a Programmable Truncated MAC

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2423-2426

  De La Guia Solaz, Manuel ^a   Bourke, Alan ^a   Conway, Richard ^a   Nelson, John ^a   Ólaighin, Gearóid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY LOSS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DIGITAL BLOCKS; DSP ARCHITECTURES; FALL DETECTION; FIXED POINTS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIGH OUTPUT; LOW ENERGIES; LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE; POWER REDUCTIONS; POWER SAVINGS; POWER-AWARE; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; THRESHOLD ALGORITHMS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; TRUNCATED MULTIPLICATION;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ALGORITHMS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650803451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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