Ultrasound image features of the wrist are linearly related to finger positions
Castellini C, Passig G (2011)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2011
Pages Range: 2108-2114
Conference Proceedings Title: IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Event location: USA
ISBN: 9781612844541
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048503
Abstract
Ultrasound imaging is a widespread technique to gather live images of the interiors of the human body. It is safe and provides high spatial and temporal resolution. In this paper we show that features extracted from the ultrasound section of the human wrist can be used to fully reconstruct the hand movements, including flexion of all fingers and the rotation of the thumb. Surprisingly, it turns out that there is a clear linear relationship between image features and finger positions. The related matrix can be estimated on a rather small subset of samples, and the reconstruction is quite robust across single- and multi-finger movements. This technique can be used to control advanced mechatronic hands, and it finds its paradigmatic application in the case of hand amputees. © 2011 IEEE.
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APA:
Castellini, C., & Passig, G. (2011). Ultrasound image features of the wrist are linearly related to finger positions. In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp. 2108-2114). USA.
MLA:
Castellini, Claudio, and Georg Passig. "Ultrasound image features of the wrist are linearly related to finger positions." Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: Celebrating 50 Years of Robotics, IROS'11, USA 2011. 2108-2114.
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