Skin-contact sensor for automatic fall detection

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4038-4041

  Narasimhan, Ravi ^a  

^a Vital Connect Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FALL DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE; SENSOR SYSTEMS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; USER ACTIVITY;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870808943     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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