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Mostofa N, Feltner C, Fullin K, Guilbe J, Zehtabian S, Bacanlı SS, Bölöni L, Turgut D. A Smart Walker for People with Both Visual and Mobility Impairment. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:s21103488. [PMID: 34067717 PMCID: PMC8156948 DOI: 10.3390/s21103488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, significant work has been done in technological enhancements for mobility aids (smart walkers). However, most of this work does not cover the millions of people who have both mobility and visual impairments. In this paper, we design and study four different configurations of smart walkers that are specifically targeted to the needs of this population. We investigated different sensing technologies (ultrasound-based, infrared depth cameras and RGB cameras with advanced computer vision processing), software configurations, and user interface modalities (haptic and audio signal based). Our experiments show that there are several engineering choices that can be used in the design of such assistive devices. Furthermore, we found that a holistic evaluation of the end-to-end performance of the systems is necessary, as the quality of the user interface often has a larger impact on the overall performance than increases in the sensing accuracy beyond a certain point.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nafisa Mostofa
- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, Ashland University, Ashland, OH 44805, USA;
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; (N.M.); (C.F.); (J.G.); (S.Z.); (S.S.B.); (L.B.)
- Correspondence:
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Raj S, Hussain F, Husein Z, Torosdagli N, Turgut D, Deo N, Pattanaik S, Chang CCJ, Jha SK. A theorem proving approach for automatically synthesizing visualizations of flow cytometry data. BMC Bioinformatics 2017; 18:245. [PMID: 28617220 PMCID: PMC5471952 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1662-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Polychromatic flow cytometry is a popular technique that has wide usage in the medical sciences, especially for studying phenotypic properties of cells. The high-dimensionality of data generated by flow cytometry usually makes it difficult to visualize. The naive solution of simply plotting two-dimensional graphs for every combination of observables becomes impractical as the number of dimensions increases. A natural solution is to project the data from the original high dimensional space to a lower dimensional space while approximately preserving the overall relationship between the data points. The expert can then easily visualize and analyze this low-dimensional embedding of the original dataset. Results This paper describes a new method, SANJAY, for visualizing high-dimensional flow cytometry datasets. This technique uses a decision procedure to automatically synthesize two-dimensional and three-dimensional projections of the original high-dimensional data while trying to minimize distortion. We compare SANJAY to the popular multidimensional scaling (MDS) approach for visualization of small data sets drawn from a representative set of benchmarks, and our experiments show that SANJAY produces distortions that are 1.44 to 4.15 times smaller than those caused due to MDS. Our experimental results show that SANJAY also outperforms the Random Projections technique in terms of the distortions in the projections. Conclusions We describe a new algorithmic technique that uses a symbolic decision procedure to automatically synthesize low-dimensional projections of flow cytometry data that typically have a high number of dimensions. Our algorithm is the first application, to our knowledge, of using automated theorem proving for automatically generating highly-accurate, low-dimensional visualizations of high-dimensional data.
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- Sunny Raj
- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA.
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- School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816, Florida, USA
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Bantis C, Heering P, Kouri NM, Siekierka-Harreis M, Stangou M, Schwandt C, Efstratiadis G, Rump LC, Ivens K, Haddiya I, Houssaini Squalli T, Laouad I, Ramdani B, Bayahia R, Dimas GG, Tegos TJ, Spiroglou SG, Pitsalidis CG, Sioulis AS, Karamouzis IM, Savopoulos CG, Karamouzis MI, Orologas AG, Hatzitolios AI, Grekas DM, Maixnerova D, Jancova E, Rychlik I, Rysava R, Merta M, Reiterova J, Kolsky A, Honsova E, Skibova J, Tesar V, Kendi Celebi Z, Calayoglu R, Keven K, Kurultak I, Mescigil P, Erbay B, Karatan O, Duman N, Erturk S, Nergizoglu G, Kutlay S, Sengul S, Ates K, Marino F, Martorano C, Bellantoni M, Tripepi R, Zoccali C, Ishizuka K, Harita Y, Kajiho Y, Tsurumi H, Asano T, Nishiyama K, Sugawara N, Chikamoto H, Akioka Y, Yamaguchi Y, Igarashi T, Hattori M, Bantis C, Heering PJ, Kouri NM, Stangou M, Siekierka-Harreis M, Efstratiadis G, Rump LC, Ivens K, Sahay M, Monova DV, Monov SV, Wang YY, Cheng H, Wang GQ, Dong HR, Chen YP, Wang CJ, Tang YL, Buti E, Dervishi E, Bergesio F, Ghiandai G, Mjeshtri A, Paudice N, Caldini AL, Nozzoli C, Minetti EE, Sun L, Feng J, Yao L, Fan Q, Ma J, Wang L, Kirsanova T, Merkusheva L, Ruinihina N, Kozlovskaya N, Elenshleger G, Turgutalp K, Karabulut U, Ozcan T, Helvaci I, Kiykim A, Kaul A, Bhadhuaria D, sharma R, Prasad N, Gupta A, Clajus C, Schmidt J, Haller H, Kumpers P, David S, Sevillano AM, Molina M, Gutierrez E, Morales E, Gonzalez E, Hernandez E, Praga M, Conde Olasagasti JL, Vozmediano Poyatos C, Illescas ML, Tallon S, Uson Carrasco JJ, Roca Munoz A, Rivera Hernandez F, Ismail G, Jurubita R, Andronesi A, Bobeica R, Zilisteanu D, Rusu E, Achim C, Sevillano AM, Molina M, Gutierrez E, Morales E, Huerta A, Hernandez E, Caro J, Gutierrez-Solis E, Praga M, Pasquariello A, Pasquariello G, Innocenti M, Grassi G, Egidi MF, Ozturk O, Yildiz A, Gul CB, Dilek K, Monov SV, Monova DV, Tylicki L, Jakubowska A, Weber E, Lizakowski S, Swietlik D, Rutkowski B, Postorino A, Costa S, Cristadoro S, Magazzu G, Bellinghieri G, Savica V, Buemi M, Santoro D, Lu Y, Shen P, Li X, Xu Y, Pan X, Wang W, Chen X, Zhang W, Ren H, Chen N, Mitic BP, Cvetkovic T, Vlahovic P, Velickovic Radovanovic R, Stefanovic V, Kostic S, Djordjevic V, Ao Q, Ma Q, Cheng Q, Wang X, Liu S, Zhang R, Ozturk S, Ozmen S, Akin D, Danis R, Yilmaz M, Hajri S, Barbouche S, Okpa H, Oviasu E, Ojogwu L, Fotouhi N, Ghaffari A, Hamzavi F, Nasri H, Ardalan M, Stott A, Ullah A, Anijeet H, Ahmed S, Kohli HS, Rajachandran R, Rathi M, Jha V, Sakhuja V, Yenigun E, Dede F, Turgut D, Koc E, Akoglu H, Piskinpasa S, Ozturk R, Odabas A, Bajcsi D, Abraham G, Kemeny E, Sonkodi S, Legrady P, Letoha A, Constantinou K, Ondrik Z, Ivanyi B, Lucisano G, Comi N, Cianfrone P, Summaria C, Piraina V, Talarico R, Camastra C, Fuiano G, Proletov I, Saganova E, Galkina O, Bogdanova E, Zubina I, Sipovskii V, Smirnov A, Bailly E, Pierre D, Kerdraon R, Grezard O, Gnappi E, Delsante M, Galetti M, Maggiore U, Manenti L, Hasan MJ, Muqueet MA, Mostafi M, Chowdhury I, Haque W, Khan T, Kang YJ, Bae EJ, Cho HS, Chang SH, Park DJ, Li X, Xu G, Lin H, Hu Z, Yu X, Xing C, Mei C, Zuo L, Ni Z, Ding X, Li D, Chen N, Ren H, Shen P, Li X, Pan X, Zhang Q, Feng X, Lin L, Zhang W, Chen N. Clinical nephrology - miscellaneous. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aksoy S, Dizdar Ö, Turgut D, Sener Dede D, Arslan Ç, Harputluoglu H, Altundag K. Zoledronic acid and atrial fibrillation in cancer patients with bone metastases. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e20591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e20591 Background: Treatment with a bisphosphonate was linked with a significantly increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a few studies. Once-yearly infusions of intravenous zoledronic acid (ZA) was also significantly increased serious AF in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of atrial fibrillation among cancer patients receiving the standard treatment of ZA. Methods: One hundred and twenty-four cancer patients who had bone metastasis receiving ZA were included in this study. All patients have been receiving 4 mg ZA at 4-week intervals; with each dose administered over 15 minutes. Patients who presented outpatient clinic for any reason (routine control, chemotherapy, ZA administration) a short survey completed and standard 12-lead ECG recordings were obtained. Results: One hundred and twenty-four cancer patients with documented bone metastases were evaluated. Mean age of the patients was 55 ± 13.0 years, 60% of the patients were female. Forty-one percent of the patients had breast cancer and 17% non-small cell lung cancer and the remainder had other solid tumors. Mean duration of ZA administration was 13.4 ± 15.0 months/patients. Mean total cumulative dose was 54 ± 15.0 mg per patients. 60 (48%) of the patients were treated with antracycline including regimens, and 37 (30%) were treated with mediastinal radiotherapy that might effect the heart. Twenty-three percent of the patients had hypertension, 10% diabetes mellitus, 7% currently smoker and 32% exsmoker, 3.7% myocardial infarction history, 1.9% congestive heart failure, and 1% valvular disease. On ECG evaluation; we observed sinus rhythm in 58%, sinus tachycardia in 15%, sinus bradicardia in 3.2%, ventricular exracystole in 5.7% of the patients. There were no AF. Conclusions: Although most of the patients were also having potentially cardiotoxic treatment, there was no increase in AF frequency in cancer patients who were treated with intravenous ZA. We believe that the risk of AF is small and may increase with age and comorbidity. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- S. Aksoy
- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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