Smart walker for pervasive healthcare

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 482-487

  Postolache, O ^a   Girao P ^a   Dias Pereira, J M ^a   Pincho, J ^a   Moura, C ^b   Postolache, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

gait recovery; microwave Doppler radar; pervasive computing; smart walker

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FLEXIBLE FORCE; JAVA SOFTWARE; MEMS ACCELEROMETER; MICROCONTROLLER PLATFORMS; PERVASIVE HEALTHCARE; REMOTE MONITORING; SENSING CHANNELS; SMART WALKER; UPPER EXTREMITY; WALKER-ASSISTED GAIT; WEB SERVERS;

ACCELEROMETERS; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEALTH CARE; SMARTPHONES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 84857750930     PISSN: 21568065     EISSN: 21568073     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSensT.2011.6137027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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