Kinect as a tool for gait analysis: Validation of a real-time joint extraction algorithm working in side view

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1417-1434

  Cippitelli, Enea ^a   Gasparrini, Samuele ^a   Spinsante, Susanna ^a   Gambi, Ennio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depth sensor; Markerless joint estimation; Side view; Tinetti test; Trajectory estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; GAIT ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING; TRAJECTORIES;

DEPTH SENSORS; EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; JOINT ESTIMATION; MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES; MICROSOFT KINECT SENSORS; SIDE VIEW; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT; TRAJECTORY ESTIMATION;

DATA MINING;

ALGORITHM; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; GAIT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BODY SIZE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINTS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921265221     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150101417     Document Type: Article

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