A semi-automatic measurement system for the swallowing analysis in videofluoroscopy

Author

Ceccarelli, M. ; Colaprico, A. ; De Vito, L. ; Marotta, S. ; Piscitelli, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biol. & Environ. Studies, Univ. of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

30-31 May 2011

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

130

Abstract

This paper presents the study and realization of a semi-automatic measurement system for the evaluation of the swallowing parameters through the processing of biomedical images, coming from videofluoroscopy. The system has been realized as a software system, developed in JAVA language by means of the ImageJ image processing library. The proposed system is able to measure the OTT (Oral Transit Time), the PTT (Pharyngeal Transit Time) as well as to estimate the displacement of the hyoid bone.

Keywords

Java; biomechanics; biomedical measurement; bone; computer software; medical image processing; orthopaedics; Java language; biomedical image processing; hyoid bone; image processing library; oral transit time; pharyngeal transit time; semiautomatic measurement system; software system; swallowing parameters; videofluoroscopy; Bones; Fluid flow measurement; Medical services; Pixel; Position measurement; Time measurement; Videos; automatic measurement system; dysphagia; image processing; videofluoroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bari

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9336-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966776

Filename

5966776