Using the Kinect for detecting tremors: Challenges and opportunities

2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, BHI 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 768-771

  Sooklal, Shellyann ^a   Mohan, Permanand ^a   Teelucksingh, Surujpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENTS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; GAMING CONSOLES; HEALTHY PERSONS; KINECT SENSORS; VOICE DATA;

EID: 84906875429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BHI.2014.6864477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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