Fall detection systems to be used by elderly people

Statistics show that, each year, falls affect tens of millions of elderly people throughout the world. Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths and injury-related hospitalization among people over 65 years old. A system able to automatically detect falls could be an important tool from a social...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Igrejas, Getúlio (author)
Other Authors: Amaral, Joana S. (author), Rodrigues, Pedro João (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Fall detector
Neural networks
Machine learning
Elderly people
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10814
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/10814

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10814

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