Optimizing assistive technologies for aging populations / Yosry S. Morsi, Anupam Shukla, and Chandra Prakash Rathore, editors.

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Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2016]Description: PDFs (494 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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9781466695313

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681/.761 23

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HV1569.5 .O68 2016e

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Contents:

Challenges in developing applications for aging populations / Drew Marie Williams [and 8 others] -- Finding a smart technical system for mitigating the elderly's driving accidents: system development for safe driving for the elderly / Sebin Jung -- Supporting active and healthy aging with advanced robotics integrated in smart environment / Raffaele Esposito [and 6 others] -- Hand exercising exoskeleton: an aging assistive device for rehabilitation / Soumya Kanti Manna, Prasanna Kumar Lenka, Subhasis Bhaumik -- Cognitive fitness, assessment, and cognitive rehabilitation of older population: from MMSE to computerized and VR based tools / Unai Diaz-Orueta -- User-centered design of wearable assistive devices for the aging population / Philip Kinsella, Paul Stoddart, Charlie Ranscombe -- Elderly monitoring and AAL for independent living at home: human needs, technological issues, and dependability / Fabio Veronese [and 3 others] -- ICT-enabled communication tools for the elderly: a proximity-based social communication tool / Hassan Saidinejad [and 3 others] -- Wired and wireless distributed e-home healthcare system / Booma Devi Sekar, JiaLi Ma, MingChui Dong -- Empowering patients in self-management of parkinson's disease through cooperative ICT systems / Erika Rovini [and 4 others] -- Evolving concepts for use of stem cells and tissue engineering for cardiac regeneration / Jahnavi Sarvepalli, Rajalakshmi Santhakumar, Rama Shanker Verma --

Ventricular assist device and its necessity for elderly population / Md. Shamsul Arefin [and 4 others] -- Assistive technology for heart monitoring of elderly people through speech analysis / Kavita Thakur, Anjali Deshpande, Arun Shrihari Zadgaonkar -- Parkinson's disease detection with gait recognition using soft computing techniques / Anupam Shukla, Chandra Prakash Rathore, Neera Bhansali -- Computer aided diagnosis system for breast cancer detection / Arun Kumar Wadhwani, Sulochana Wadhwani, Tripty Singh -- Quantum computing based technique for cancer disease detection system / Setu Kumar Chaturvedi, Milan Jain.

Abstract: "This book focuses on the development and improvement of devices to assist elderly individuals in coping with various physical limitations and disabilities, highlighting the available tools and technologies for supporting the mobility, agility, and self-sufficiency of the aging population as well as the challenges associated with the integration of these technologies into the everyday lives of elderly individuals"--Provided by publisher.

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"This book focuses on the development and improvement of devices to assist elderly individuals in coping with various physical limitations and disabilities, highlighting the available tools and technologies for supporting the mobility, agility, and self-sufficiency of the aging population as well as the challenges associated with the integration of these technologies into the everyday lives of elderly individuals"--Provided by publisher.

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