合作類型：技術(shù) 行業(yè)類別: 生物科學(xué)與健康 過期時(shí)間：2017年10月23日
一家西班牙的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司開發(fā)了一款創(chuàng)新的智能手機(jī)應(yīng)用可以評估和跟蹤運(yùn)動障礙，比如帕金森、亨廷頓和肌張力障礙。該應(yīng)用幫助智能手機(jī)成為工具幫助病人和復(fù)健師建立基準(zhǔn)和跟蹤過程。該公司希望與合作伙伴進(jìn)行技術(shù)協(xié)助下的商業(yè)合作。
Summary:
Spanish start-up has developed an innovative mobile application for evaluation and tracking of movement disorders such as Parkinson, Hungtington or dystonia. It provides a tool, using a Smartphone, that helps the patient and the physician to benchmark and track progress. The company is looking for commercial agreements with technical assistance.
Details:
Nowadays, there are over 30 million people affected by diseases such as Parkinson, Hungtington or dystonia in Europe and the U.S. This kind of diseases, produce movement disorders, which are directly related to the advancement of the illness, and determine the proper treatment dosage for the patients.
There is a clear relationship between the tremors of a patient and the disease status. A correct evaluation of the patient movements help determine if treatment or medication dosages are working properly.
Nevertheless, neurologists do not have a tool that allows them to know objectively if the patient shakes more or less time than last time.
This technology provides a tremor measuring tool and monitors progress of patients and even helps in early detection of certain disorders.
It works using image analysis techniques and the Smartphone camera or Smart TV to analyze and quantify the movements of different body parts. It analyzes pictures apart in time by 100 milliseconds and measures the changes between them. If the patient has not moved, the two pictures are identical and there is no difference. All the images of the video are processed in order to obtain a final report.
Differences between frames are treated by different functions (non Zero or Peak Signal Noise Ratio), and facial recognition techniques and 3D pose estimation of different parts of the body are used.
Although video processing tries to correct some situations, it is recommended to performance the recording in a controlled environment regarding camera movement, lighting conditions and distance to the patient. Because of that, it is recommended to use any conventional smartphone tripod.
Type and Role of Partners Sought:
- Type of partner sought:
ICT integrators
- Specific area of activity of the partner:
Healthcare, health insurers and pharmaceutical.
- Task to be performed:
To integrate this technology within the partner solutions porfolio under commercial agreent with technical assistance.
