1. A wearable wireless system for gait analysis for early diagnosis of Alzheimer and Parkinson disease
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Giuseppe Coviello, Gianfranco Avitabile, and N. Margiotta
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Engineering ,Real-time computing ,Wearable computer ,02 engineering and technology ,Accelerometer ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Inertial Measurements Unit ,Alzheimer & Parkinson's disease ,Software ,Gait (human) ,law ,Gait analysis ,Wearable Sensors Network ,Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ,Hardware and Architecture ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Wireless ,business.industry ,010401 analytical chemistry ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Gyroscope ,0104 chemical sciences ,Embedded system ,business ,Wireless sensor network - Abstract
The paper presents a wearable wireless system and a proprietary algorithm along with a preliminary study on the time gait variability analysis as a tool for early diagnosis. The system is non-invasive and it is composed by a set of Inertial Measurements Units (IMUs) positioned on the patient leg. Each unit in the set bases its operations on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) standard. Experimental results validating system capabilities are reported and discussed.
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- 2016
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