Passive, in-home gait measurement using an inexpensive depth camera: Initial results

2012 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-186

  Stone, Erik E ^a   Skubic, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall risk; Gait; Kinect; Passive monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEPTH CAMERA; FALL RISK; GAIT; GAIT MEASUREMENTS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINECT; MICROSOFT; OLDER ADULTS; PASSIVE MONITORING;

APARTMENT HOUSES; CAMERAS; HEALTH CARE;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 84865045327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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