Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 101-110 , March 2010

Motion analysis in delirium: A discrete approach in determining physical activity for the purpose of delirium motoric subtyping

  • Alan Godfrey

      Affiliations

    • School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AX, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0 118 378 6271.
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  • Richard Conway

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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  • Maeve Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Midwestern Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
    • Milford Hospice Palliative Care Centre, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland
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  • David Meagher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Midwestern Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
    • Milford Hospice Palliative Care Centre, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland
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  • Gearóid M. Ólaighin

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Received 11 March 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 October 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00228-8

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.10.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 101-110 , March 2010

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