Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Infrared thermography as an access pathway for individuals with severe motor impairments | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Open Access Infrared thermography as an access pathway for individuals with severe motor impairments Negar Memarian1 2 Anastasios N Venetsanopoulos3 4 and Tom Chau 1 2 Address institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University ofToronto Toronto Canada 2Bloorview Research Institute Bloorview Kids Rehab Toronto Canada 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto Toronto Canada and 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ryerson University Toronto Canada Email Negar Memarian - Anastasios N Venetsanopoulos - anv@ Tom Chau - Corresponding author Published 16 April 2009 Received 15 September 2008 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009 6 11 doi 1743-0003-6-1 1 Accepted 16 April 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 1 1 2009 Memarian et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background People with severe motor impairments often require an alternative access pathway such as a binary switch to communicate and to interact with their environment. A wide range of access pathways have been developed from simple mechanical switches to sophisticated physiological ones. In this manuscript we report the inaugural investigation of infrared thermography as a non-invasive and non-contact access pathway by which individuals with disabilities can interact and perhaps eventually communicate. Methods Our method exploits the local temperature changes associated with mouth opening closing to enable a highly sensitive and specific binary switch. Ten participants two with severe disabilities .
