Title :
Development of a system for dynamic 3-D analysis of foot and ankle motion
Author :
Abuzzahab, P.S., Jr. ; Harris, G.P. ; Kidder, S.M. ; Johnson, J.E. ; Alexander, I.J. ; DeLozier, G.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
The purpose of this work was to develop a system to analyze dynamic foot and ankle motion in three dimensions. A unique marker set was developed and tested in conjunction with a corresponding reference frame. The system employs VAX Station 3100 and VICON based motion analysis technology.
Keywords :
DEC computers; biomedical optical imaging; gait analysis; image motion analysis; medical image processing; VAX Station 3100; VICON; ankle motion; dynamic 3D analysis; foot motion; motion analysis; Humans; Tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-0816-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760880