Application of infrared thermal imaging in rehabilitation engineering: Preliminary results

TIC-STH'09: 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-5

  Memarian, Negar ^a   Chau, Tom ^a   Venetsanopoulos, Anastasios N ^b  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access solution; Computer vision; Physical disability; Rehabilitation engineering

Indexed keywords

ACCESS SOLUTION; AMBIENT LIGHTING; BACKGROUND SCENES; BODY MOVEMENTS; CAMERA LOCATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; INFRARED THERMAL-CAMERA; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION TRACKING; MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS; NON-CONTACT AND NON-INVASIVE; NON-INVASIVE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; SEVERE DISABILITIES; THRESHOLDING;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; INFRARED IMAGING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952681405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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