Development and evaluation of a new body-seat interface shape measurement system

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2040-2050

  Li, Yue ^a,c,d,e   Aissaoui, Rachid ^{a,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Lacoste, Michèle ^b,i,k   Dansereau, Jean ^c,l  

^a TELUQ University   (Canada)

^b Ctr Rech Ctr Readaptation M   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Écl Polytech de Montreal ^*  (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^j NSERC Indust Res Chair W   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accuracy; Body seat interface shape; Generic shape; Instrumentation; Shape sensor array; Wheelchair cushion

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SYSTEMS; BODY-SEAT INTERFACE; INTERFACE MATERIALS; REPEATABILITY;

ARRAYS; DEFORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEATS; SENSORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DEVICE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BUTTOCKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 6344254685     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.834290     Document Type: Article

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