Title :
A Diagnosis System for the Spinal Column Nerve Damaged Patients
Author :
Kim, S.H. ; Cho, J.M. ; Kim, S.I. ; Nam, T.W. ; Lim, J.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Inje Univ., Kimhae
Abstract :
Visible evidence of spinal column damage is only apparent in 14% of the patients who receive spinal damage. We use a humidity sensor array. The humidity sensor (HDP-05) is arranged and attached to pre-assigned regions along the spinal column nerve of the actual patient. Applying pressure to the urinary bladder causes the patient to sweat. It is possible to determine which spinal column autonomic nerve is damaged in a region by humidity value. But also have some problem is that sometimes the damaged region has same value as a normal region. If will find a better attachment method and a more sensitive sensor could be found the results will be better and more precise
Keywords :
arrays; humidity sensors; neurophysiology; patient diagnosis; autonomic nerve; diagnosis system; humidity sensor array; spinal column nerve damaged patients; urinary bladder; Biomedical engineering; Biosensors; Bladder; Bones; Computerized monitoring; Humidity measurement; Pain; Sensor arrays; Voltage; X-rays; humidity sensor; spinal column damage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616049
