Adjustment of Computer Input Device for Patients With Tetraplegia by Using a Mouse Cursor Locus Image

Author

Tanimoto, Yoshio ; Rokumyo, Yasuhiko ; Furusawa, Kazunari ; Tokuhiro, Akihiro ; Ukida, Hiroyuki ; Yamamoto, Hideki

Author_Institution

Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center for Employment Injuries, Okayama

Volume

58

Issue

7

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2094

Lastpage

2101

Abstract

In rehabilitation medicine for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), it is necessary for medical staff members to recommend a suitable computer input device and adjust the device for the individual patient. We have developed an evaluation system for selecting a suitable computer input device for each patient. After a device is selected, the medical staff must adjust the device by selecting the appropriate sensitivity of the mouse for the operating system. This paper describes a software system that can calculate suitable mouse sensitivity based on a mouse cursor image of the patient´s computer use. The mouse sensitivity value calculated by our software system was shown to be adequate for the examined patient.

Keywords

medical image processing; neurophysiology; operating systems (computers); patient rehabilitation; computer input device; mouse cursor locus image; operating system; rehabilitation medicine; software system; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia; Adjustment; computer input device; computer input operation; mouse cursor locus; sensitivity of the mouse; tetraplegia patient;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2009.2015527

Filename

5061561