title: Data acquisition system using six degree-of-freedom inertia sensor and ZigBee wireless link for fall detection and prevention.
abstract: Fall detection and prevention require logged physiological activity data of a patient for a long period of time. This work develops a data acquisition system to collect motion data from multiple patients and store in a data base. A wireless sensor network is built using high precision inertia sensors and low power Zigbee wireless transceivers. Testing results prove the system function properly. Researchers and physicians can now retrieve and analyze the accurate data of the patient movement with ease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. anh.dinh@usask.ca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Basran
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Del Bello-Hass
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods