Unsupervised machine-learning method for improving the performance of ambulatory fall-detection systems

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Falls can cause trauma, disability and death among older people. Ambulatory accelerometer devices are currently capable of detecting falls in a controlled environment. However, research suggests that most current approaches can tend...

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Main Authors: Yuwono Mitchell, Moulton Bruce D, Su Steven W, Celler Branko G, Nguyen Hung T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/9