An advanced first aid system based on an unmanned aerial vehicles and a wireless body area sensor network for elderly persons in outdoor environments

SS Fakhrulddin, SK Gharghan, A Al-Naji, J Chahl - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
For elderly persons, a fall can cause serious injuries such as a hip fracture or head injury.
Here, an advanced first aid system is proposed for monitoring elderly patients with heart …

A comprehensive review of elderly fall detection using wireless communication and artificial intelligence techniques

SK Gharghan, HA Hashim - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Falls among older adults substantially affect mobility, health, and mortality. However,
advancements in wireless and internet-of-things technologies have led to the development …

A Cost-Effective Fall-Detection Framework for the Elderly Using Sensor-Based Technologies

CAU Hassan, FK Karim, A Abbas, J Iqbal, H Elmannai… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Falls are critical events among the elderly living alone in their rooms and can have intense
consequences, such as the elderly person being left to lie for a long time after the fall …

A high reliability wearable device for elderly fall detection

P Pierleoni, A Belli, L Palma, M Pellegrini… - IEEE Sensors …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls are critical events among elderly people that requires timely rescue. In this paper, we
propose a fall detection system consisting of an inertial unit that includes triaxial …

Deep neural network–based double-check method for fall detection using IMU-L sensor and RGB camera data

DW Lee, K Jun, K Naheem, MS Kim - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing methods for fall detection may not detect a fall when it occurs or may generate a
false alarm when a fall does not occur. In order to overcome these limitations and detect falls …

Wearable sensor-based human fall detection wireless system

VS Kumar, KG Acharya, B Sandeep… - … Networks and Internet of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background/Objectives: Human fall detection is a critical challenge in the
healthcare domain since the late medical salvage will even lead to death situations …

A framework for the elderly first aid system by integrating vision-based fall detection and BIM-based indoor rescue routing

Y Chen, Y Zhang, B Xiao, H Li - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of falls among older adults may result in life-threatening injuries and
accidental deaths due to their vulnerability. As such, an advanced first aid system is …

A benchmark database and baseline evaluation for fall detection based on wearable sensors for the Internet of medical things platform

Z Liu, Y Cao, L Cui, J Song, G Zhao - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falling is a common and dangerous event for the elderly population. Fall detection is an
interesting scientific problem and an ill-defined process that can be solved through various …

Accurate fall detection and localization for elderly people based on neural network and energy-efficient wireless sensor network

SK Gharghan, SL Mohammed, A Al-Naji… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Falls are the main source of injury for elderly patients with epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
Elderly people who carry battery powered health monitoring systems can move unhindered …

Development of a real-time, simple and high-accuracy fall detection system for elderly using 3-DOF accelerometers

P Van Thanh, DT Tran, DC Nguyen, N Duc Anh… - Arabian Journal for …, 2019 - Springer
Falls represent a major problem for the elderly people aged 60 or above. There are many
monitoring systems which are currently available to detect the fall. However, there is a great …