Improving mouse controlling and movement for people with parkinsons disease and involuntary tremor using adaptive path smoothing technique via B-spline

Assistive Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-104

  Bani Hashem, Seyed Yashar ^a   Mat Zin, Nor Azan ^a   Mohd Yatim, Noor Faezah ^a   Mohamed Ibrahim, Norlinah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

assistive technique; B spline; break point; cursor control; HCI; mouse trajectory; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERPOLATION; USER INTERFACES;

ASSISTIVE; B-SPLINE; BREAK-POINTS; CURSOR CONTROL; PARKINSON'S DISEASE;

MAMMALS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF HELP; TREMOR;

AGED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TREMOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901049364     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2013.845271     Document Type: Article

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