Localization and Monitoring of People With a Near-Field Imaging System: Boosting the Elderly Care

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Author(s): Matti Linnavuo (Aalto University, Finland)and Henry Rimminen (Aalto, Finland)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 19
Source title: Pervasive and Smart Technologies for Healthcare: Ubiquitous Methodologies and Tools
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Antonio Coronato (CNR, Italy)and Giuseppe De Pietro (CNR, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-765-7.ch004

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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The chapter describes the state of the art and potentialities of near-field imaging (NFI) technology, applications, and nursing tools in health care. First, principles of NFI are discussed. Various uses of NFI sensor data are presented. The data can be used for indoor tracking, automatic fall detection, activity monitoring, bed exit detection, passage control, vital functions monitoring, household automation and other applications. Special attention is given to the techniques and problems in localization, posture recognition, vital functions recording and additional functions for people identification. Examples of statistical analysis of person behavior are given. Three cases of realized applications of NFI technique are discussed.

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