Evaluation of a laser-based sensor for the diagnosis of neurological disorders

Felix Tenner; Martin Regensburger; Axel Schramm; Mona Sohle; Karen Schwarzkopf; Zeev Zalevsky; Michael Schmidt

doi:10.1109/embc.2017.8037790

Evaluation of a laser-based sensor for the diagnosis of neurological disorders

Felix Tenner, Martin Regensburger, Axel Schramm, Mona Sohle, Karen Schwarzkopf, Zeev Zalevsky, Michael Schmidt

Bar-Ilan University - The Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Abstract

Involuntary muscle activities like fasciculations or tremor are an indication for several neurological disorders. However, currently used techniques for measuring those activities are limited due to their invasiveness, the unsuitability for measuring a whole body simultaneously and the lack of an objective measurement of amplitude and duration of muscle activity. Hence, we developed a new laser-based sensor for the remote quantification of muscle activity. In the present paper we show a basic evaluation of our system by reference to ultrasound measurements. Our results show the detection limits of our remote sensor technology in terms of fasciculation size and depth within the muscle. Those results will help us for a better interpretation of our measurement results and hold promise for the future development of our system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Subtitle of host publication	Smarter Technology for a Healthier World, EMBC 2017 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	4231-4234
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509028092
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2017.8037790
State	Published - Jul 2017
Event	39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2017 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 11 Jul 2017 → 15 Jul 2017

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)	1557-170X

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Conference	39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2017
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Jeju Island
Period	11/07/17 → 15/07/17

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors gratefully acknowledge funding of the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the German excellence initiative.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies

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Tenner, F., Regensburger, M., Schramm, A., Sohle, M., Schwarzkopf, K., Zalevsky, Z., & Schmidt, M. (2017). Evaluation of a laser-based sensor for the diagnosis of neurological disorders. In 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Smarter Technology for a Healthier World, EMBC 2017 - Proceedings (pp. 4231-4234). Article 8037790 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2017.8037790

Tenner, Felix ; Regensburger, Martin ; Schramm, Axel et al. / Evaluation of a laser-based sensor for the diagnosis of neurological disorders. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Smarter Technology for a Healthier World, EMBC 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 4231-4234 (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

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Tenner F, Regensburger M, Schramm A, Sohle M, Schwarzkopf K, Zalevsky Z et al. Evaluation of a laser-based sensor for the diagnosis of neurological disorders. In 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Smarter Technology for a Healthier World, EMBC 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 4231-4234. 8037790. (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). doi: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037790

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