DocumentCode
3444144
Title
Design and development of an electromagnetic cervical range of motion system
Author
Schendel, M.J. ; Patterson, Robert ; Allison, Jack
Author_Institution
Minnesota Univ. Rehabilitation Eng. Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
1603
Abstract
A three-dimensional cervical-spine range-of-motion system has been developed using an electromagnetic tracking system for data collection and a personal computer for analysis and graphic representation of the data. A test was designed to investigate the sensitivity of the electromagnetic device to the proximity of metal. It was found that relative position errors could be kept below 0.5 cm and rotation errors could be kept below 1 degrees if all metal was at least 33 cm from the source and sensor and the source was kept at least 33 cm from the floor.<>
Keywords
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; EM cervical range of motion system; EM tracking system; medical instrumentation; metal proximity sensitivity; personal computer; relative position errors; rotation errors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94754
Filename
94754
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