DocumentCode
971060
Title
Portable system for data acquisition and transmission based on handheld PC technology
Author
Sabatini, A.M. ; Genovese, V. ; Maini, E.S.
Author_Institution
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Volume
38
Issue
25
fYear
2002
fDate
12/5/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1635
Lastpage
1637
Abstract
A portable system is developed to monitor physical activity by acquiring and storing data from body-mounted sensors; a handheld PC is used for managing data acquisition and storage, including radio-transmission to a remote host. An application related to the use of a gyro-accelerometric sensor for determining walking distance is discussed.
Keywords
computerised monitoring; data acquisition; mobile computing; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; radio applications; wearable computers; body-mounted sensors; data acquisition; data transmission; gyro-accelerometric sensor; handheld PC technology; physical activity monitoring; portable system; radio transmission; rehabilitation; remote host; sport medicine; treadmill walking; walking distance determination; wearable computing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20021136
Filename
1137432
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