Design, implementation and experimental evaluation of a wireless fall detector

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bagnasco, Andrea ^a   Scapolla, Anna Marina ^a   Spasova, Velislava ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

accelerometer; elderly; fall detection; wireless

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGING POPULATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELDERLY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FALL DETECTION; FALL DETECTORS;

ACCELEROMETERS; COMMUNICATION; DETECTORS; RADIO;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84856741944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2093698.2093763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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