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A Monocular Marker-Free Gait Measurement System |
Courtney, Jane; De Paor, Annraoi M
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This paper presents a new, user-friendly, portable motion capture and gait analysis system for capturing and analyzing human gait, designed as a telemedicine tool to monitor remotely the progress of patients through treatment. The system requires minimal user input and simple single-camera filming (which can be acquired from a basic webcam) making it very accessible to nontechnical, nonclinical personnel. This system can allow gait studies to acquire a much larger data set and allow trained gait analysts to focus their skills on the interpretation phase of gait analysis. The design uses a novel motion capture method derived from spatiotemporal segmentation and model-based tracking. Testing is performed on four monocular, sagittal-view, sample gait videos. Results of modeling, tracking, and analysis stages are presented with standard gait graphs and parameters compared to manually acquired data.
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Keyword(s):
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Automated tracking; gait analysis; human movement; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment; Biomedical; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Rehabilitation and Therapy; Sports Sciences |
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2010 |
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Other |
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Unknown |
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Institution:
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Dublin Institute of Technology |
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Articles |
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Publisher(s):
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Dublin Institute of Technology |
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application/pdf |
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First Indexed:
2011-01-26 05:38:57 Last Updated:
2017-12-14 06:58:54 |
