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Abstract | ||
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A human's Capillary Refill Time (CRT) is a key indicator of their current health status. Being able to accurately assess a human's cardiovascular system peripherally by assessing their CRT in an emergency or search and rescue situation could, in critical scenarios, mean the difference between life and death. This paper presents a novel algorithm that enables a Shadow Robot Hand equipped with BioTAC biomimetic tactile fingertip sensors and a red, green, blue (RGB) camera to measure the CRT of humans by making contact with their forehead, regardless of their skin tone. The method presented replicates, to some extent, the methods carried out by medical professionals when measuring CRT and could be used to equip a first responder robot. Furthermore, the algorithms determine whether a person has a healthy cardiovascular system or whether the blood supply has been cut off from the skin indicating various issues such as shock or severe dehydration. The method presented in this work allows for a more accurate measurement of CRT than that of a medical professional. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1109/CVPRW.2018.00176 | 2018 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
healthy subjects,emergency,rescue situation,BioTAC biomimetic tactile fingertip sensors,responder robot,healthy cardiovascular system,accurate measurement,capillary refill time,red-green-blue camera,CRT,shadow robot hand | Forehead,Computer vision,Robot hand,Robotic hand,Computer science,First responder,Capillary refill,Artificial intelligence,Robot,Skin tone,Robotics | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
2160-7508 | 978-1-5386-6101-7 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 1 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Kerr | 1 | 25 | 4.10 |
| S. A. Coleman | 2 | 40 | 8.50 |
| T. Martin Mcginnity | 3 | 518 | 66.30 |
| Andrea Shepherd | 4 | 1 | 1.03 |