ALI, Ridita, ALBOUL, Lyuba and OFFIAH, Amaka (2017). Signal processing techniques for accurate screening of wrist fractures. In: CAMARINHA-MATOS, Luis M., PARREIRA-ROCHA, Mafalda and RAMEZANI, Javaneh, (eds.) Technological innovation for smart systems : 8th IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2017, Costa de Caparica, Portugal, May 3-5, 2017, Proceedings. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing (499). Springer, 175-182. [Book Section]
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Abstract
The common way for doctors to differentiate wrist injury in to a sprain or a fracture, is to take radiographs
(X-ray), which expose patients to radiation. The purpose of this study is to explore a non-invasive method
to screen for potential fractures. A small, computer run, hand-held system has been developed which
consists of a vibration induction mechanism and a piezoelectric sensor for capturing the vibration signals.
Two analyzing techniques were considered. The first involves extraction of wavelet coefficients from
decomposition of data and the second applies Fast Fourier Transform to the data. Results of both
techniques were then cluster analyzed to partition between fracture and sprain. The data were acquired
from both the injured and uninjured wrists of six adult patients. This study is currently being evaluated on
children’s wrists.
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