TY - GEN
T1 - Bodypart localization for pressure ulcer prevention
AU - Liu, Jason J.
AU - Huang, Ming Chun
AU - Xu, Wenyao
AU - Sarrafzadeh, Majid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/2
Y1 - 2014/11/2
N2 - Pressure ulcers, commonly called bedsores, are defined as injuries to the skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure usually on bony areas of the body, such as heels and hips. In order to alleviate pressure accumulation at high-risk regions, the current practice in clinics requires caregivers to reposition their patients every two hours. This relies on the engagement of nursing services and places large burdens on the caregivers. In this study, a bedsore monitoring method using Pictorial Structure models is introduced to localize pressure distributions of the body. A pilot study including 12 subjects reveals that the proposed method enables reliable localization of bodyparts with 89.8% accuracy in common lying postures.
AB - Pressure ulcers, commonly called bedsores, are defined as injuries to the skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure usually on bony areas of the body, such as heels and hips. In order to alleviate pressure accumulation at high-risk regions, the current practice in clinics requires caregivers to reposition their patients every two hours. This relies on the engagement of nursing services and places large burdens on the caregivers. In this study, a bedsore monitoring method using Pictorial Structure models is introduced to localize pressure distributions of the body. A pilot study including 12 subjects reveals that the proposed method enables reliable localization of bodyparts with 89.8% accuracy in common lying postures.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84929465872
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943703
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943703
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 25570071
AN - SCOPUS:84929465872
T3 - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
SP - 766
EP - 769
BT - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014
Y2 - 26 August 2014 through 30 August 2014
ER -