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Obstacle avoidance and navigation are major problems for blind people. They require help to pass safely. This paper presents an obstacle avoidance system for blind people using Kinect depth camera. This assistive technology recognizes the medium in front of the user using Kinect depth camera. The system receives the depth images from the Kinect camera and processes it using a windowing-based mean...
Breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, is mostly detected through a biopsy where tissue is extracted and chemically examined or pathologist assessed. Medical imaging plays a valuable role in targeting malignant tissue accurately and guiding the radiologist during needle insertion in a biopsy. This paper proposes a computer software that can process and combine 3D reconstructed...
Nowadays, the reading and interpretation of antibiogram tests is a frequently performed task by doctors, researchers and technicians at hospitals and laboratories. An antibiogram is a test of the sensitivity of a microorganism to given antibiotics. Reading an interpretation of the antibiogram results is usually performed manually, which leads to human errors and a great waste of time. There are few...
The main purpose of this paper is to develop a system for the early diagnosis and detection of abnormalities of any patient during gait cycle. A malfunction in the gait cycle leads to pain, and undesirable effects on the bones of the legs due to large forces exerted on specific areas. The gait cycle is divided into two main phases, the stance that is characterized as the contact of the right leg with...
This paper deals with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) problem. The main objective is to limit it by controlling the main reasons that may lead to it. Sudden infant death syndrome is the death without specific reason of a healthy newborn, usually during sleep. Although the causes are unknown, SIDS may be related to abnormalities in the infant's brain that controls breathing and arousal from...
One of the main problems that are being addressed intensively in modern societies is the ageing of population. Today's challenge is to allow elderly people to remain autonomous at their home as much as possible. Currently, one of the active research fields is the development of an assistive living system (ALS) that aims to support people at home. This can help elderly people to stay at home as long...
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