Hand tracking for occupational therapy The main aim of this project is to investigate the use computer vision techniques to track patient's fingers motion and produce quantitative evaluations of their hand function.

We aim to implement these tools in low cost ubiquitous portable devices, such as smartphones or tablet PCs, so that patients can learn how to perform hand exercises on their own and self-assess their dynamic hand function. Our system will be interactive and indicate if the patient is correctly following the instructions of each exercise. Furthermore, it will transmit motion measurements directly to the therapist.

This project consists of activities in these three main areas:

• Computer Vision: 3D hand pose estimation and tracking to evaluate patient's hand motion.
• Human-Computer Interaction: development and evaluation of novel interactive tools for occupational therapy and self-assessment.
• Occupational Therapy: development and clinical evaluation of personalised orthoses for hand rehabilitation.

People

This project is a collaboration between the Universities of Surrey and São Paulo which has been sponsored by the UGPN (2014) and Surrey-FAPESP (2015-2017) schemes to support exchange visits.
The list below includes all researchers who have been involved in this collaboration:

• Surrey:
  • Teo E. de Campos
  • Janko Calic
  • Adrian Hilton
  • Phil Krejov
• USP:
  • Roberto M. Cesar Jr
  • Maria da Graça C. Pimentel
  • Valeria M. C. Elui
  • Estephan Dazzi Wandekoken
  • Carlos Alberto Fortulan
  • Luciano Cejnog