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Diabetes is a global raising pandemic. Diabetes patients are at risk of developing foot ulcer that usually leads to limb amputation. In order to develop a self monitoring mobile application, in this work, we propose a novel deep subspace…

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Falls represent one of the most detrimental occurrences for the elderly. Given the continually increasing ageing demographic, there is a pressing demand for advancing fall detection systems. The swift progress in sensor networks and the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-31 Balachandra D S , Maithreyee M S , Saipavan B M , Shashank S , P Devaki , Ms. Ashwini M

We introduce the innovative technologies, based on the concept of "sensory substitution", we are developing in the fields of biomedical engineering and human disability. Precisely, our goal is to design, develop and validate practical…

In the rapidly growing field of wearable technology, optical devices are emerging as a significant innovation, offering non-invasive methods for analyzing skin and underlying tissue properties. Despite their promise, progress has been…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Nazim A. Belabbaci , Mohammad Arif Ul Alam

Diabetes mellitus is a complex group of syndromes that have in common a disturbance in the body's use of glucose, resulting in an elevated blood sugar. Once detected, sugar diabetes can be controlled by an appropriate regimen that should…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-11-03 Raju Poddar , Joseph Thomas Andrews , Pratyoosh Shukla , Pratima Sen

Wearable devices have revolutionized healthcare monitoring, allowing us to track physiological conditions without disrupting daily routines. Whereas monitoring physical health and physical activities have been widely studied, their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Peter Traunmuller , Anice Jahanjoo , Soheil Khooyooz , Amin Aminifar , Nima TaheriNejad

Diabetes impacts the quality of life of millions of people. However, diabetes diagnosis is still an arduous process, given that the disease develops and gets treated outside the clinic. The emergence of wearable medical sensors (WMSs) and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-14 Hongxu Yin , Bilal Mukadam , Xiaoliang Dai , Niraj K. Jha

, Ischial pressure ulcer is an important risk for every paraplegic person and a major public health issue. Pressure ulcers appear following excessive compression of buttock's soft tissues by bony structures, and particularly in ischial and…

Effective management of Type 1 Diabetes requires continuous glucose monitoring and precise insulin adjustments to prevent hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. With the growing adoption of wearable glucose monitors and mobile health applications,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Giorgia Rigamonti , Mirko Paolo Barbato , Davide Marelli , Paolo Napoletano

Pressure ulcers are recognized as a major health issue in individuals with spinal cord injuries and new approaches to prevent this pathology are necessary. An innovative health strategy is being developed through the use of computer and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry , Anne Prince , Jacques Demongeot , Yohan Payan

Diabetes mellitus affects over 537 million adults worldwide. Insulin-dependent patients require continuous glucose monitoring and precise dose calculation while operating under strict power budgets on wearable devices. This paper presents…

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The current methods of assessing tendon health such as clinical examination, imaging techniques, and implanted pressure sensors, are often based on a subjective assessment or are not accurate enough, are extremely expensive, or are limited…

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Diabetic foot ulcers are a common manifestation of lesions on the diabetic foot, a syndrome acquired as a long-term complication of diabetes mellitus. Accompanying neuropathy and vascular damage promote acquisition of pressure injuries and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Louise Bloch , Raphael Brüngel , Christoph M. Friedrich

It is known that diabetes can not be cured completely, but it can be controlled. The objective of this work is to provide an automatic system that will be able to help the diabetic patient to control the blood sugar. This system measures…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-12-04 Pramit Ghosh , Debotosh Bhattacherjee , Mita Nasipuri , Dipak Kumar Basu

Stroke can lead to the impaired motor ability of the patient's lower limbs and hemiplegia. Accurate assessment of the lower limbs' motor ability is important for diagnosis and rehabilitation. To digitalize such assessment so that each test…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Huajun Long , Jie Li , Rui Li , Xinfeng Liu , Jingyuan Cheng

Sensor embedded glove systems have been reported to require careful, time consuming and precise calibrations on a per user basis in order to obtain consistent usable data. We have developed a low cost, flex sensor based smart glove system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Davis Le , Sairam Tangirala , Tae Song Lee

The Internet of Things (IoT) revolutionizes smart city domains such as healthcare, transportation, industry, and education. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is gaining prominence, particularly in smart hospitals and Remote Patient…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Alain Hennebelle , Qifan Dieng , Leila Ismail , Rajkumar Buyya

Increasing numbers of patients with disabilities or elderly people with mobility issues often suffer from a pressure ulcer. The affected areas need regular checks, but they have a difficulty in accessing a hospital. Some remote diagnosis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-16 Jinyeong Chae , Ki Yong Hong , Jihie Kim

We present a neural network architecture for medical image segmentation of diabetic foot ulcers and colonoscopy polyps. Diabetic foot ulcers are caused by neuropathic and vascular complications of diabetes mellitus. In order to provide a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-16 Ting-Yu Liao , Ching-Hui Yang , Yu-Wen Lo , Kuan-Ying Lai , Po-Huai Shen , Youn-Long Lin

To empower users of wearable medical devices, it is important to enable methods that facilitate reflection on previous care to improve future outcomes. In this work, we conducted a two-phase user-study involving patients, caregivers, and…

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