Source: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
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Date of publication: 1st March 2018
Publication type: Journal article
In a nutshell: This article presents an infrared–ultrasonic sensor fusion approach for support vector machine–based fall detection, often required by elderly healthcare.
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Source: Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2017, online
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Date of publication: April 2017
Publication type: Journal article
In a nutshell: New technologies allow for automatic monitoring of hospitalised older people, helping clinical staff to supervise to reduce falls. This paper introduces a hierarchical model to predict alarming states in a sensor worn over clothes. The hierarchy predicts levels of danger to warn clinical staff of possible fall danger.
Length of publication: 1 page
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