Development of an assistance system for the Botox procedure of patients with strabismus

Author

Kim, Jin-man ; Yun, Hee-ku ; Kim, Man-gi ; Sa, Eun-sik ; Kim, Jong-sun ; Joo, Se-gyeong ; Huh, Soo-Jin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Asan Med. Center, Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1086

Lastpage

1088

Abstract

This paper proposes an assistance system for Botox procedure of patients with strabismus. Commercial system generates only sound signal when it detects electromyogram (EMG) signal of extra ocular muscles (EOMs). However, this audio based notification can suffer from ambient noise, which could reduce the accuracy. This problem can be minimized when we visualize the EMG signal during the procedure. To achieve this, we developed circuits for EMG acquisition, isolation, and data acquisition. Software for displaying and storing the acquired EMG signal was also developed. The result showed that the developed system can increase the accuracy by 50% and can reduce the operation time by 20%.

Keywords

data acquisition; electromyography; eye; medical signal detection; signal denoising; Botox procedure; EMG acquisition; EMG isolation; ambient noise; assistance system; audio based notification; data acquisition; electromyogram signal; extraocular muscles; sound signal; strabismus; Data acquisition; Electromyography; Foot; Muscles; Needles; Software; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9351-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098397

Filename

6098397