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Title: 3-D pain drawings-mobile data collection using a PDA
Authors: Ghinea, G
Spyridonis, F
Serif, T
Frank, AO
Keywords: 3D visualization;mobile data collection;pain drawings;back pain;PDA
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: IEEE
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 12(1): 27-33, Jan 2008
Abstract: A large number of the adult population suffers from some kind of back pain during their lifetime. Part of the process of diagnosing and treating such back pain is for a clinician to collect information as to the type and location of the pain that is being suffered.Traditional approaches to gathering and visualizing this pain data have relied on simple 2-D representations of the human body, where different types of sensation are recorded with various monochrome symbols. Although patients have been shown to prefer such drawings to traditional questionnaires, these pain drawings can be limited in their ability to accurately record pain. The work described in this paper proposes an alternative that uses a 3-D representation of the human body, which can be marked in color to visualize and record the pain data. This study has shown that the new approach is a promising development in this area of medical practice and has been positively received by patients and clinicians alike.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3426
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Dept of Computer Science Research Papers

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