• DocumentCode
    2976036
  • Title

    Automated Recognition of Complex Agitation Behavior of Dementia Patients Using Video Camera

  • Author

    Fook, Victor Foo Siang ; Thang, Pham Viet ; Htwe, That Mon ; Qiang, Qiu ; Wai, Aung Aung Phyo ; Jayachandran, Maniyeri ; Biswas, Jit ; Yap, Philip

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    19-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a framework and techniques for recognition and automated rating of complex agitation behavior for patients with dementia using video camera. In particular, we present an approach using hierarchical descriptors for video feature extraction for understanding, modeling and recognizing complex agitation behavior in patients.
  • Keywords
    behavioural sciences computing; diseases; emotion recognition; feature extraction; medical diagnostic computing; patient care; video signal processing; automated recognition; complex agitation behavior recognition; dementia patients; hierarchical descriptors; video camera; video feature extraction; Cameras; Character recognition; Computer vision; Dementia; Feature extraction; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Humans; Psychology; Surveillance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    e-Health Networking, Application and Services, 2007 9th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0942-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381605
  • Filename
    4265799