Evaluation of an inexpensive depth camera for in-home gait assessment

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-361

  Stone, Erik ^a   Skubic, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

eldercare; Fall risk; gait; Kinect; smart environments

Indexed keywords

ELDERCARE; FALL RISK; GAIT; KINECT; SMART ENVIRONMENT;

CAMERAS; GAIT ANALYSIS;

RATING;

EID: 83755225828     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-2011-0124     Document Type: Article

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