{"title":"Communication Tool for Disabled People Based on Surface Electromyography","authors":"Z. Koudelková, R. Jašek, Martina Zabcikova","doi":"10.1145/3418094.3418110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3418094.3418110","url":null,"abstract":"Surface electromyography is a non-invasive method, which can be used not only for measuring and detecting abnormalities in the human body but also to create biofeedback in rehabilitation. This biofeedback can connect rehabilitation and computer science. Our research is aimed to create biofeedback using surface electromyography, which can help communication for disabled people. For this purpose, we created a simple communication tool, which is based on surface electromyography. Our proposed biofeedback is designed by Arduino Uno with the SpikerShield board, which is responsible for acquiring EMG signals. The software part of our biofeedback is formed in Arduino IDE and the graphical interface was composed in programming language C#. Our proposed communication tool is based on the intensity of muscle activity recorded from the muscle of interest.","PeriodicalId":192804,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127796354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Spatio-GraphNet Model for Real-time Contact Tracing of CoVID-19 Infection in Resource Limited Settings","authors":"M. Ekpenyong, Ifiok J. Udo, F. Uzoka, K. Attai","doi":"10.1145/3418094.3418141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3418094.3418141","url":null,"abstract":"Placing contact tracing tool in the hands of all is certain to enhance contact identification-as individuals can perform self-tests to discover in real-time, frequently associated contacts, ultimately instilling caution and adherence to recommended local and international guidelines. It can also assist epidemiologists and policymakers to formulate appropriate policies as well as proffer cost-effective solution for containing disease outbreaks. A Spatio-GraphNet model for real-time contact tracing of CoVID-19 infection is proposed in this paper for real-time crowd source of contacts-using a WiFi-like soft-robot enabled on mobile phones. Once enabled, useful contact tracing parameters can be captured and stored. Using knowledge of Graph Theory, production traces of stored contacts are filtered for efficient contact tracing, practical disease surveillance and prompt medical/healthcare intervention. Simulation results reveal the contact tracing dashboard with appropriate parameters thresholds, application and evaluation of various statistical kernels as well as practical implications of the study.","PeriodicalId":192804,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128779019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Vichova, M. Hromada, J. Valasek, Frantisek Paulus
{"title":"Integrated Rescue System and the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle not only for the Population Protection","authors":"K. Vichova, M. Hromada, J. Valasek, Frantisek Paulus","doi":"10.1145/3418094.3418112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3418094.3418112","url":null,"abstract":"The Integrated Rescue System plays a vital and significant role in dealing with emergencies. Today, various information technologies are used to deal with emergencies, which will streamline, speed up, and simplify the intervention itself. For this purpose, this article deals with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) = drone problematics and describes their application possibilities for the Integrated Rescue System (IRS) individual components. Drones can be used for technologies that could help all IRS entities. As a result, besides the advantages mentioned above, the safety and security of interveners will be ensured. The aim of the paper is to introduce IRS in the context of critical infrastructure. Furthermore, the individual entities are analyzed, and their primary purpose is described. Unique activities were analyzed, and events that could be replaced by drones were determined. Based on this analysis, recommendations for individual IRS bodies were proposed in the final part.","PeriodicalId":192804,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115790868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Intravenous Contrast Agents Timing and Enhancement in Non-Traumatic Abdomen and Pelvis CT Exams","authors":"Moath Al-Makhamreh, Murad Abusamra, M. Hjouj","doi":"10.1145/3418094.3418138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3418094.3418138","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving the optimal enhancement is the desired goal of any computed tomography (CT) scan with intravenous (IV) contrast medium (CM). The aim of this study is to assess IV timing and other CM related factors when different enhancement phases were used and their deviation to the recommended standards in nontraumatic Abdomen Pelvic (A/P) CT scan with IV CM. 80 patients from different medical institutions underwent Abdomen, and Pelvis CT scans with IV CM; the process of CM timing and other CM related factors were evaluated. The attenuation values in the Hounsfield Unit (HU) for liver and aorta were measured. The average HU was compared between the groups. Widely varying aortic and hepatic enhancement resulted from random use and wide range of timing and other CM factors. Aortic enhancement ranged from 98-361HU, and hepatic enhancement ranged from 13-76 HU, respectively. Mean± SD of maximal aortic enhancement was 264.25±60.23, 213.45±50.83, 200.85±39.2, and 164.2±48.27. Mean ± SD of maximal enhancement of the liver was 53.4±10.3, 44.9±12, 45.8±10, 34.6±10.1 for institutions 1, 2a, 2b and 3, respectively. Random use of CM timing and protocols will result in a widely varying range of enhancement, and peak parenchymal enhancement with less homogeneous enhancement. CM administration and scan timing need to be optimized CM interrelt-","PeriodicalId":192804,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121412150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}