Title :
Assessing Spinal Loading Using the Kinect Depth Sensor: A Feasibility Study
Author :
Xiaopeng Ning ; Guodong Guo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Manage. Syst. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
We propose to use the Microsoft Kinect depth sensor for assessing spinal loading, and present an initial study on a public action database with 20 actions. It is built on the recent success on human skeleton extraction with depth sensor, which has been coded into the Kinect software development kit. This letter is an essential step toward a systematic evaluation in future.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; bone; medical computing; sensors; spatial variables measurement; Kinect software development kit; Microsoft Kinect depth sensor; human skeleton extraction; public action database; spinal loading assesment; Biomechanics; Biomedical equipment; Bones; Loading; Skeleton; Depth sensor; Microsoft Kinect; feasibility study; human skeleton; spinal loading assessment;
Journal_Title :
Sensors Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JSEN.2012.2230252
