Detecting falls as novelties in acceleration patterns acquired with smartphones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Medrano, Carlos ^a   Igual, Raul ^a   Plaza, Inmaculada ^a   Castro, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICES; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMARTPHONE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899734045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094811     Document Type: Article

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