Vision based interface: an alternative tool for children with cerebral palsy

Author

González, Magdalena ; Mulet, Débora ; Perez, Elisa ; Soria, Carlos ; Mut, Vicente

Author_Institution

Gabinete de Tecnol. Medica, UNSJ, San Juan, Argentina

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

5895

Lastpage

5898

Abstract

In this paper a new vision based interface (VBI) for children with cerebral palsy is presented. The VBI is implemented for the interaction between children and computer. The VBI detects and tracks the movement of the hand, foot or head of the user. These movements are translated into movements of the cursor on the screen of the computer. The evaluation of system user-VBI is based on HAAT model. The experimental results show four vase studies of children, when they carried out different tasks with the computer.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical imaging; medical diagnostic computing; neurophysiology; paediatrics; user interfaces; vision; HAAT model; cerebral palsy; children; foot movement; hand movement; head movement; user-VBI; vision based interface; Computers; Face; Foot; Mice; Robots; Tracking; Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Self-Help Devices; User-Computer Interface; Vision, Ocular;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627533

Filename

5627533