DocumentCode
1006437
Title
Quaternion-based fusion of gyroscopes and accelerometers to improve 3D angle measurement
Author
Favre, J. ; Jolles, B.M. ; Siegrist, O. ; Aminian, K.
Volume
42
Issue
11
fYear
2006
fDate
5/25/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
612
Lastpage
614
Abstract
Two methods to fuse a 3D gyroscope with a 3D accelerometer in order to measure rotations are presented. They are compared with a method requiring only a 3D gyroscope and assessed with a reference system. The good reported accuracies make this system suitable for clinical evaluation.
Keywords
accelerometers; angular velocity measurement; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; gyroscopes; 3D accelerometer; 3D angle measurement; 3D gyroscope; clinical evaluation; quaternion-based fusion; rotation measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20060124
Filename
1648591
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