Title :
eHealt distributed software environment for the evaluation of body movements
Author :
Mirabella, Orazio ; Raucea, Antonino ; Barbagallo, Rosario
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Catania, Catania, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents a motion capture system designed to detect and manage body motion, measuring some motion parameters, and providing a graphical reconstruction of the movement. This system can be used by a doctor to record some target body movements, which a patient can execute remotely at home. Such movements are later analyzed by the doctor who evaluates the report using effective metrics or viewing the patient´s performances stored in the exchanged file. The main goal is to achieve a simple index/vote for each exercise, which is used by the patient to improve his performances and by doctor to check the rehabilitation status.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical telemetry; health care; image reconstruction; medical image processing; motion compensation; motion measurement; patient rehabilitation; telemedicine; body motion detection; body movement evaluation; eHealt distributed software environment; graphical reconstruction; motion capture system; motion parameter measurement; patient rehabilitation status; remote monitoring; Computers; Heuristic algorithms; Medical services; Monitoring; Motion measurement; Sensors; Skeleton; Dynamic Time Warping; gesture; image processing; motion capture; rehabilitation;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lisboa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2920-7
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2014.6860113