Fall detection is a major challenge in the public healthcare domain, especially for the elderly as the decline of their physical fitness,\nand timely and reliable surveillance is necessary to mitigate the negative effects of falls. This paper develops a novel fall detection\nsystem based on a wearable device. The system monitors the movements of human body, recognizes a fall from normal daily\nactivities by an effective quaternion algorithm, and automatically sends request for help to the caregivers with the patient�s location
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