Title : 
Estimation of Wheelchair Turn Area for SCI Patient´s Remodeling House
         
        
            Author : 
Tanimoto, Yoshio ; Nanba, Kuniharu ; Tokuhiro, Akihiro ; Ukida, Hiroyuki ; Yamamoto, Hideki
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center, Okayama
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In remodeling the house of an SCI (Spinal Cord injury) patient, it is necessary to accurately determine and carry out changes that are suitable with regard to the patient´s ability. In our rehabilitation center, house remodeling is demonstrated for patients and family members through the use of three-dimensional computer graphic images before the remodeling occurs. We here propose an evaluation system that can show whether there is sufficient space in the remodeled house for a wheelchair to be moved or turned. That space is calculated using a computer graphic image of the house and the specific wheelchair belonging to the patient. Moreover the evaluation system can measure the movement and turn area of the wheelchair.
         
        
            Keywords : 
brain; computer graphics; handicapped aids; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; wheelchairs; SCI patient remodeling house; rehabilitation center; spinal cord injury patient; three-dimensional computer graphic image; wheelchair turn area estimation; Animation; Area measurement; Biomedical imaging; Computer graphics; Database systems; Hospitals; Motion measurement; Spinal cord injury; Turning; Wheelchairs;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Computational Cybernetics, 2008. ICCC 2008. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Stara Lesna
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2874-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2875-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICCCYB.2008.4721394