Title :
Interactive multimedia systems for entertherapy and independent living
Author :
Camurri, Antonio ; Mazzarino, Barbara
Author_Institution :
DIST, Univ. degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents a brief overview of the multidisciplinary scientific and technological research projects at Casa Paganini - InfoMus on ICT for therapy and rehabilitation, integrating computer science, multimedia, psychology and humanistic theories. Research is grounded on the understanding and modeling of non-verbal human behavior, including the role of expressive gesture and social signals in multimodal non-verbal communication.
Keywords :
interactive systems; multimedia computing; patient treatment; Casa Paganini InfoMus; ICT; entertherapy; humanistic theories; independent living; interactive multimedia systems; psychology; Entertherapy; Non-verbal expressive gesture; multimodal analysis; real-time interaction;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2010 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8131-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2010.5702827
