Automatic self-calibration of body worn triaxial-accelerometers for application in healthcare

• Published in: 2008 Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare pp. 177 - 180
• Main Authors: Gietzelt, M., Wolf, K.-H., Marschollek, M., Haux, R.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Biosensors; Calibration; Chemical and biological sensors; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Pattern recognition; Rotation measurement; Wearable sensor; Wearable sensors

In healthcare acceleration sensors have various applications in monitoring movements for prevention, diagnostics, therapy and rehabilitation. Unfortunately they react sensitive against changes of environmental conditions and therefore it is necessary to calibrate them from time to time. This paper i...