Estimating contact rates at a mass gathering by using video analysis: A proof-of-concept project

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rainey, Jeanette J ^a   Cheriyadat, Anil ^b   Radke, Richard J ^c   Crumly, Julie Suzuki ^d   Koch, Daniel B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact rates; Mass gathering; Simulation; Social mixing; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84940749489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1101     Document Type: Article

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