A Clinical Set-up Tool (CST) For Rapid Stimulator Programming

Author

Tresadern, P. ; Thies, S.B. ; Kenney, L.P.J. ; Howard, D. ; Goulermas, J.Y.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Salford, Salford

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3577

Lastpage

3580

Abstract

This paper presents an intuitive approach to the programming of functional electrical stimulation (FES) hardware. A stimulation sequence is defined as a finite state machine (FSM) that is created and modified via an easy-to-use interface. Using a USB-equipped stimulator, data from an internal accelerometer are streamed to a PC whilst the subject undergoes the motion of interest. Simultaneously, the clinician labels the collected data via a number of key presses in order to train a sequence of simple classifiers. The ´optimal´ (in a quantitative sense) parameters are then uploaded directly back to the stimulator for immediate stand-alone operation.

Keywords

accelerometers; bioelectric phenomena; finite state machines; medical computing; neurophysiology; patient treatment; pattern classification; user interfaces; FSM; USB-equipped stimulator; clinical set-up tool; finite state machine; functional electrical stimulation hardware; internal accelerometer; optimal parameters; rapid stimulator programming; sequence classifiers; Accelerometers; Automata; Functional programming; Hardware; Logic; Neuromuscular stimulation; Presses; Programming profession; Signal restoration; Universal Serial Bus; Artificial Intelligence; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Humans; Movement Disorders; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Software; Task Performance and Analysis; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353104

Filename

4353104