Development of a low-cost fall intervention system for hospitalized dementia patients

IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rawashdeh, Osamah ^a   Sa'Deh, Waseem ^a   Rawashdeh, Muawea ^a   Qu, Guangzhi ^a   Ferrari, Marisa ^b   Harrison, Barbara ^b   Hammond, Robert ^c   Maddens, Michael ^c  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c William Beaumont Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D AVATARS; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DEMENTIA PATIENTS; EARLY WARNING; HOSPITAL ROOMS; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOTION INFORMATION; REAL-TIME SIGNALS; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; VIDEO SURVEILLANCE; WIRELESS SENSOR;

BASE STATIONS; HOSPITALS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SECURITY SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 84864187167     PISSN: 21540357     EISSN: 21540373     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EIT.2012.6220763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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