Assessment test framework for collecting and evaluating fall-related data using mobile devices

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7383 LNCS, Issue PART 2, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Almer, Stefan ^a   Kolbitsch, Josef ^a   Oberzaucher, Johannes ^b   Ebner, Martin ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Institute for Rehabilitation and Ambient Assisted Living Technologies   (Austria)

Author keywords

fall detection; fall prevention; mobile devices; restful Web service

Indexed keywords

FALL DETECTION; FALL PREVENTION; FALL-RELATED INJURY; GYROSCOPE SENSORS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; MULTI-MODAL; OLDER PEOPLE; OPEN INTERFACE; RELATIONAL DATABASE; RESTFUL WEB SERVICES; SENSOR ACCURACY; TEST FRAMEWORK;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE; MOBILE DEVICES; SENSORS; TESTING; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84864827407     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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