Implementation and application of real-time motion analysis based on passive markers |
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Authors: | Dr G. Baroni G. Ferrigno A. Pedotti |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dipartimento di Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy;(2) Centro di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Pro Juventute Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy |
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Abstract: | A method for real-time motion analysis based on passive markers is presented. An opto-electronic automatic motion analyser was used as hardware platform and the real-time operation was based on the interfacing between two levels of the system architecture. True real-time acquisition, processing and representation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional kinematics data were implemented through a newly conceived data acquisition procedure and high speed optimisation of the kinematics data processing. The method allows one to operate the motion analysis system in real-time; even when the data elaboration unit is required to perform other processing functions, the only consequence is a decrease in system sampling rate. The maximum number of processed and ploted markers in three dimensions at the highest system sampling rate (100 Hz) turned out to be suitable for the implementation of analytical and visual kinematics biofeedback. An example of the achievable level of complexity in terms of marker disposition model and graphic representation is reported by describing a demonstration of the real-time representation of human face movements. A clinical application of the method for patient position definition and control at radiotherapy units is presented. |
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Keywords: | Three-dimensional human movement analysis Close-range photogrammetry Real-time |
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