Title :
A stand-alone fracture monitoring system
Author :
Morales-Ramo, R. ; Sosa, J. ; Montiel-Nelson, J.A. ; Nooshabadi, Saeid ; Zwick, A. ; Nguyen, X.P.
Author_Institution :
Siemens Audiologische Tech. GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
We present a stand-alone fracture monitoring system based on the measurements of two transducers: a strain gauge and a two-axis accelerometer. The strain gauge measure the stiffness of the fracture, and the accelerometer recognizes the movements executed by the patient. An algorithm to process the measured data implemented in an microcontroller minimizes the storage requirements. Experimental results probe the viability of the system.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomedical measurement; biomedical transducers; microcontrollers; monitoring; strain gauges; microcontroller; stand-alone fracture monitoring system; strain gauge measure; transducer; two-axis accelerometer; Motion measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2011 IEEE 54th International Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-856-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1548-3746
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2011.6026472
