DELLEPIANE S.

Customization of the rehabilitation program and patient monitoring involve gathering user and process-related information during the rehabilitation, which is then used to appropriately adapt procedures and services in order to satisfactorily enhance the user's experience. User satisfaction is the ultimate aim of customization along with...

Image segmentation partitions a digital image into regions of interest, by taking into account the information content and local properties of homogeneity and topological connectivity. The evaluation of segmentation quality is usually based on supervised ground-truth images, which are provided by experts and used for comparison with segmented...

Nowadays, the tools for remote monitoring and training analysis are a matter of deep interest in the field of telerehabilitation. In this study we present a method for the automated evaluation of performance in exergames for motor rehabilitation that can be performed by the patient, even autonomously in a domestic environment, with Microsoft...

The aim of this study was to identify a method for staging hepatic fibrosis using a non-invasive, rapid and inexpensive technique based on ultrasound morphologic hepatic features. A total of 215 patients with different liver diseases underwent B-mode (2-D brightness mode) ultrasonography, vibration-controlled transient elastography, 2-D shear...

Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are a concrete answer to many needs in the healthcare framework since they enable remote support for patients and foster continuity of care. Currently, frail elderly people are among end users who most need and would benefit from IoT solutions from both a social and a healthcare point of view. Indeed, IoT...