• DocumentCode
    81221
  • Title

    Assessing Spinal Loading Using the Kinect Depth Sensor: A Feasibility Study

  • Author

    Xiaopeng Ning ; Guodong Guo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Ind. & Manage. Syst. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Apr-13
  • Firstpage
    1139
  • Lastpage
    1140
  • Abstract
    We propose to use the Microsoft Kinect depth sensor for assessing spinal loading, and present an initial study on a public action database with 20 actions. It is built on the recent success on human skeleton extraction with depth sensor, which has been coded into the Kinect software development kit. This letter is an essential step toward a systematic evaluation in future.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; biomedical equipment; bone; medical computing; sensors; spatial variables measurement; Kinect software development kit; Microsoft Kinect depth sensor; human skeleton extraction; public action database; spinal loading assesment; Biomechanics; Biomedical equipment; Bones; Loading; Skeleton; Depth sensor; Microsoft Kinect; feasibility study; human skeleton; spinal loading assessment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Sensors Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1530-437X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSEN.2012.2230252
  • Filename
    6365732