Title :
Plantar pressure cartography reconstruction from 3 sensors
Author :
Abou Ghaida, Hussein ; Mottet, Serge ; Goujon, Jean-Marc
Author_Institution :
ENSSAT, Lannion, France
Abstract :
Foot problem diagnosis is often made by using pressure mapping systems, unfortunately located and used in the laboratories. In the context of e-health and telemedicine for home monitoring of patients having foot problems, our focus is to present an acceptable system for daily use. We developed an ambulatory instrumented insole using 3 pressures sensors to visualize plantar pressure cartographies. We show that a standard insole with fixed sensor position could be used for different foot sizes. The results show an average error measured at each pixel of 0.01 daN, with a standard deviation of 0.005 daN.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; body sensor networks; cartography; measurement errors; patient diagnosis; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; sensor placement; telemedicine; ambulatory instrumented insole; e-health context; error measurement; fixed sensor position; foot problem diagnosis; foot sizes; patient home monitoring; plantar pressure cartography reconstruction; pressure mapping systems; pressures sensors; standard deviation; standard insole; telemedicine; Biological tissues; Diabetes; Foot; Pressure measurement; Sensor systems; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943657