Title :
Accelerometer measurements for noninvasive diagnosis of degenerative joint diseases
Author :
Reddy, Narender P. ; Mandal, Mrinal ; Rothschild, Bruce M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
In the area of medical diagnosis, noninvasive quantitative patient assessment techniques are fast replacing the traditional qualitative patient evaluation methods based on "feeling". Noninvasive diagnosis of arthritis and chondromalacia presents a continuing problem in the domain of biomedical engineering.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomedical measurement; diseases; medical disorders; patient diagnosis; accelerometer measurement; arthritis; biomedical engineering; chondromalacia; degenerative joint diseases; medical diagnosis; noninvasive diagnosis; noninvasive quantitative patient assessment technique; Diseases; Displacement measurement; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-0816-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760842
