Activity classification using a state transition diagram and activity levels

2012 6th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sorvala, Aino ^a   Alasaarela, Esko ^a   Sorvoja, Hannu ^a   Myllyla, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

activity classification; activity levels; elderly; state transition diagram; wireless health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; ACTIVITY MONITORING; ELDERLY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT ACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL STATE; STATE CLASSIFICATION; STATE TRANSITION DIAGRAMS; STATE TRANSITIONS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 84862848114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2012.6203031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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