Elder care's fall detection system

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing

Volumn 92, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-92

  Felisberto, Filipe ^a   Moreira, Nuno ^a   Marcelino, Isabel ^a,b   Fdez Riverola, Florentino ^c   Pereira, António ^a,b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Novas Tecnologias   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

aging; body area network; fall detection; health monitoring

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; COMPLETE SYSTEM; ELDER CARE; FALL DETECTION; HEALTH MONITORING; RAPID DETECTION;

AGING OF MATERIALS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 80053036503     PISSN: 18675662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19937-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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