Remote health monitoring of elderly through wearable sensors

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 78; no. 17; pp. 24681 - 24706
• Main Authors: Al-khafajiy, Mohammed, Baker, Thar, Chalmers, Carl, Asim, Muhammad, Kolivand, Hoshang, Fahim, Muhammad, Waraich, Atif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data acquisition; Data Structures and Information Theory; Early intervention; Multimedia Information Systems; Older people; Remote monitoring; Remote observing; Remote sensors; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Internet of things; Wireless sensor networks; Healthcare; Ambient assisted living; Sensor network; Real-time monitoring
• ISSN: 1380-7501; 1573-7721
• DOI: 10.1007/s11042-018-7134-7

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