GaitSeminar.pptVIP

Equine Gait Analysis and Visualization Methods Dr. Marjorie SkubicSamer ArafatJustin SatterleyComputer Engineering Computer ScienceDr. Kevin KeeganVeterinary Medicine Surgery  Overview Can this be applied to human motion? Analysis and Classification Gait Analysis Cycle Measurement of walking biomechanics. Computation of temporal parameters, body kinematics, or EMG signals. Identification, assessment, and characterization of abnormal gait. Recommendations for treatment alternatives. Periodic analysis post intervention measures improvement. Difficult Problem Wealth of information. Complexity of motion. Uncertainty about gait data quality. Mild lameness problem difficulty. Formulating a generalized method Examples Computerized Analysis Provides objective evaluation of interrelationships between observed body parts Signal Processing techniques: Fourier Preprocessing Fixed frequency window not suited for short duration pulsation Few harmonics represent signal details Produces no time domain localization Discrete Wavelet Preprocessing Limited window (scale) widths, at 1,2,4,8,16,32,… Limited on time localization. Continuous Wavelet Preprocessing Fourier Preprocessing Holzreiter1993 and Lakany1997 showed good results for the 2-class problem: sound vs. lame gait. Fourier Analysis: although localized in frequency domain, fixed frequency window not suited for short duration pulsation; few harmonics represent signal details; produces no time domain localization. Lakany2000 concluded that wavelet transform has the advantage of extracting local or global features. Discrete Wavelet Preprocessing Marguitu1997, Verdini2000, and Sekine2000 showed good results for the 2-class problem. DWT has limited window (scale) widths, at 1,2,4,8,16,32,… DWT is limited on time localization. Continuous Wavelet Preprocessing Lakany 2000 showed good results for the 2-class gait problem: sound vs. lame. CWT has temporal localization. Has flexible window sizes. Is translation inv