The state of knowledge on technologies and their use for fall detection: A scoping review

N Lapierre, N Neubauer, A Miguel-Cruz… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Globally, populations are aging with increasing life spans. The normal aging
process and the resulting disabilities increase fall risks. Falls are an important cause of …

Radar signal processing for elderly fall detection: The future for in-home monitoring

MG Amin, YD Zhang, F Ahmad… - IEEE Signal Processing …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radar is considered an important technology for health monitoring and fall detection in
elderly assisted living due to a number of attributes not shared by other sensing modalities …

A new paradigm of technology-enabled 'Vital Signs' for early detection of health change for older adults

MJ Rantz, M Skubic, M Popescu, C Galambos… - Gerontology, 2015 - karger.com
Environmentally embedded (nonwearable) sensor technology is in continuous use in elder
housing to monitor a new set of 'vital signs' that continuously measure the functional status of …

Micro‐Doppler‐based in‐home aided and unaided walking recognition with multiple radar and sonar systems

SZ Gurbuz, C Clemente, A Balleri… - IET Radar, Sonar & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The potential for using micro‐Doppler signatures as a basis for distinguishing between
aided and unaided gaits is considered in this study for the purpose of characterising normal …

Embedded DSP-based telehealth radar system for remote in-door fall detection

C Garripoli, M Mercuri, P Karsmakers… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Telehealth systems and applications are extensively investigated nowadays to enhance the
quality-of-care and, in particular, to detect emergency situations and to monitor the well …

Automated in-home fall risk assessment and detection sensor system for elders

M Rantz, M Skubic, C Abbott, C Galambos… - The …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Purpose of the Study: Falls are a major problem for the elderly people leading to
injury, disability, and even death. An unobtrusive, in-home sensor system that continuously …

Biomedical radar system for real-time contactless fall detection and indoor localization

M Mercuri, PJ Soh, P Mehrjouseresht… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fall incidents represent a major public health problem among elderly people. This resulted
in a significant increase of the number of investigated systems aiming at detecting falls …

Frequency-tracking CW Doppler radar solving small-angle approximation and null point issues in non-contact vital signs monitoring

M Mercuri, YH Liu, I Lorato, T Torfs… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Doppler radar operating as a Phase-Locked-Loop (PLL) in frequency demodulator
configuration is presented and discussed. The proposed radar presents a unique …

In-home floor based sensor system-smart carpet-to facilitate healthy aging in place (AIP)

F Muheidat, AT Lo'Ai - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapidly aging population, there is a need to detect elderly's activity, monitor their
health, alert health care personnel, and provide real-time and long-term access to the …

Radar-based soft fall detection using pattern contour vector

B Wang, H Zhang, YX Guo - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) technologies reserves a large latent capacity in dealing with the
emerging fall detection problem of elder people. The radar-based IoT methods are …