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Smartphone-Based Estimation of Item 3.8 of the MDS-UPDRS-III for Assessing Leg Agility in People With Parkinson’s Disease
Luigi Borzì, Marilena Varrecchia, Stefano Sibille, Gabriella Olmo, Carlo Alberto Artusi, Margherita Fabbri, Mario Giorgio Rizzone, Alberto Romagnolo, Maurizio Zibetti, Leonardo Lopiano
Goal: In this paper we investigated the use of smartphone sensors and Artificial Intelligence techniques for the automatic quantification of the MDS-UPDRS-Part III Leg Agility (LA) task, representative of lower limb bradykinesia. Methods: We collected inertial data from 93 PD... Read more
Posted on 17 AUG 2020
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Algorithms for monitoring heart rate and respiratory rate from the video of a user’s face
Shourjya Sanyal, Koushik Kumar Nundy
  Abstract Smartphone cameras can measure heart rate (HR) by detecting pulsatile photoplethysmographic (iPPG) signals from post-processing the video of a subject’s face. The iPPG signal is often derived from variations in the intensity of the green channel as shown by Poh... Read more
Posted on 20 APR 2018
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Smartphone Based Point-of-Care Urinalysis Under Variable Illumination
Moonsoo Ra, Mannan Saeed Muhammad, Chiawei Lim, Chansung Jung, Whoi-Yul Kim
     Urine tests are performed by using an off-the-shelf reference sheet to compare the color of test strips. However, the tabular representation is difficult to use and more prone to visual errors, especially when the reference color-swatches to be compared are... Read more
Posted on 21 DEC 2017
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Assessment of the Tongue-Drive System Using a Computer, a Smartphone, and a Powered-Wheelchair by People With Tetraplegia
Jeonghee Kim, Hangue Park, Joy Bruce, Diane Rowles, Jaimee Holbrook, Beatrice Nardone, Dennis P. West, Anne Laumann, Elliot J. Roth, Maysam Ghovanloo
Tongue-Drive System (TDS) is a wireless and wearable assistive technology that enables people with severe disabilities to control their computers, wheelchairs, and smartphones using voluntary tongue motion. To evaluate the efficacy of the TDS, several experiments were conducted, in which... Read more
Posted on 18 JAN 2016