Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , September 2010

Human movement onset detection from isometric force and torque measurements: A supervised pattern recognition approach

  • Paolo Soda

      Affiliations

    • Medical Informatics and Computer Science Laboratory, Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • Fondazione Alberto Sordi, Via dei Compositori 130, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Medical Informatics and Computer Science Laboratory, Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 225419620; fax: +39 06 225419609.
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  • Stefano Mazzoleni

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy
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  • Giuseppe Cavallo

      Affiliations

    • Fondazione Alberto Sordi, Via dei Compositori 130, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems Lab, Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy
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  • Eugenio Guglielmelli

      Affiliations

    • Fondazione Alberto Sordi, Via dei Compositori 130, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems Lab, Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Giulio Iannello

      Affiliations

    • Medical Informatics and Computer Science Laboratory, Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Roma, Italy
    • Fondazione Alberto Sordi, Via dei Compositori 130, 00128 Roma, Italy

Received 15 September 2008 ,Revised 26 October 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2010.04.008

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , September 2010

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