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Neurodegenerative Disorders Screening System using ‘Intelligent’ Sensors

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Soft Computing Applications (SOFA 2020)

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This paper presents a network of interdigital capacitive sensors, assisted by two optical sensors embedded in the collar of a coat that monitors the movements of the wearer’s head which represents a method of early detection of increased values of the head’s tremor. This system aims to help monitor the head’s tremor to people predictable to Parkinson’s Disease where the main condition is the upper limbs and head’s tremor. During these experiments, the sensors have been created and the parameters were calibrated to obtain the best results. The network is described, and preliminary experimental results are reported.

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Acknowledgement

We thank to Academician Professor Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu for unconditional support in all the research done in this field.

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  1. Department of Computers, Electronics and Automation, Stefan Cel Mare University, 720229, Suceava, Romania

    Diana-Roxana Izdrui & Oana Geman

  2. Department of Applied Electronics and Intelligent Systems, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

    Marius Gheorghe Hagan

  3. Neuroaesthetics Lab, Stefan Cel Mare University, 720229, Suceava, Romania

    Diana-Roxana Izdrui & Oana Geman

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  3. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Automatics and Applied Software, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania

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Izdrui, DR., Hagan, M.G., Geman, O. (2023). Neurodegenerative Disorders Screening System using ‘Intelligent’ Sensors. In: Balas, V.E., Jain, L.C., Balas, M.M., Baleanu, D. (eds) Soft Computing Applications. SOFA 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1438. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23636-5_8

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