Framework for preventing falls in acute hospitals using passive sensor enabled radio frequency identification technology

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5858-5862

  Visvanathan, Renuka ^a   Ranasinghe, Damith C ^b   Shinmoto Torres, Roberto L ^c   Hill, Keith ^a  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital Campus ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PASSIVE SENSOR; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL-TIME DETECTION; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; WEARABLE SENSORS;

HOSPITALS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; FALLING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880841843     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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