Add to ORKGCopyright © 2015 Falin Wu et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative CommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fall detection is a major challenge in the public healthcare domain, especially for the elderly as the decline of their physical fitness, and timely and reliable surveillance is necessary to mitigate the negative effects of falls. This paper develops a novel fall detection system based on a wearable device. The system monitors the movements of human body, recognizes a fall from normal daily activities by an effective quaternion algorithm, and automatically sends request for help to the caregivers wi...
Falling is often accepted as a natural part of the aging process Elderly people are typically, more ...
Fall in recent years have become a potential threat to elder generation. It occurs because of side e...
Fall detection is a very important challenge that affects both elderly people and the carers. Improv...
Fall detection is a major challenge in the public healthcare domain, especially for the elderly as t...
Falls are the number one cause of injury and injury-related deaths in older adults. Nearly one-half ...
In the last few decades, continuous monitoring of human movements has become possible thanks to the ...
Automatic fall detection is an active research area since several years. Basically, this is motivate...
According to nihseniorhealth.gov (a website for older adults), falling represents a great threat as ...
Elders lose independence and wellbeing, accompanied by decreased functions in terms of hearing, visi...
Elders lose independence and wellbeing, accompanied by decreased functions in terms of hearing, visi...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Falls among older people remain a major public health challenge. Body-worn sens...
Fall of patients and aged people may become fatal if unnoticed in time. The concept is to have a fal...
As the world’s aging process accelerates, the issue of elderly safety is about to become a serious s...
Falls are a major cause of injuries and hospital admissions among elderly people. Thus, the caregivi...
Background and aims. Falls among older people remain a major public health challenge. Body-worn sens...
Falling is often accepted as a natural part of the aging process Elderly people are typically, more ...
Fall in recent years have become a potential threat to elder generation. It occurs because of side e...
Fall detection is a very important challenge that affects both elderly people and the carers. Improv...
Fall detection is a major challenge in the public healthcare domain, especially for the elderly as t...
Falls are the number one cause of injury and injury-related deaths in older adults. Nearly one-half ...
In the last few decades, continuous monitoring of human movements has become possible thanks to the ...
Automatic fall detection is an active research area since several years. Basically, this is motivate...
According to nihseniorhealth.gov (a website for older adults), falling represents a great threat as ...
Elders lose independence and wellbeing, accompanied by decreased functions in terms of hearing, visi...
Elders lose independence and wellbeing, accompanied by decreased functions in terms of hearing, visi...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Falls among older people remain a major public health challenge. Body-worn sens...
Fall of patients and aged people may become fatal if unnoticed in time. The concept is to have a fal...
As the world’s aging process accelerates, the issue of elderly safety is about to become a serious s...
Falls are a major cause of injuries and hospital admissions among elderly people. Thus, the caregivi...
Background and aims. Falls among older people remain a major public health challenge. Body-worn sens...
Falling is often accepted as a natural part of the aging process Elderly people are typically, more ...
Fall in recent years have become a potential threat to elder generation. It occurs because of side e...
Fall detection is a very important challenge that affects both elderly people and the carers. Improv...