TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of flow volume estimation from streakline images
AU - Kawanaka, Haruki
AU - Isomura, Atsushi
AU - Honda, Chizuru
AU - Oguri, Koji
AU - Watanabe, Eiichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Japan Soc. of Med. Electronics and Biol. Engineering. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We have proposed a method for estimating the flow volume and flow rates from the streakline images based on the multi-cylindrical model. This approach provides the flow volume by integrating the flow rates calculated from liquid trajectories in images taken liquid immediately after urination in the air. Thus, the subject can measure the urine volume with high accuracy under a normal urination behavior. Our method can be applied to both the male urinal and the western-style toilet stool. The measurement accuracy of our method compared to other sensors has been raised to a feasible level depending on the ingenuity. In this manner, life log data to be recorded in the toilet have potential for one of the important indicators in healthcare. Here, we show remaining problems to be solved by introducing advantages and disadvantages of our method when it was applied to urine volume estimation.
AB - We have proposed a method for estimating the flow volume and flow rates from the streakline images based on the multi-cylindrical model. This approach provides the flow volume by integrating the flow rates calculated from liquid trajectories in images taken liquid immediately after urination in the air. Thus, the subject can measure the urine volume with high accuracy under a normal urination behavior. Our method can be applied to both the male urinal and the western-style toilet stool. The measurement accuracy of our method compared to other sensors has been raised to a feasible level depending on the ingenuity. In this manner, life log data to be recorded in the toilet have potential for one of the important indicators in healthcare. Here, we show remaining problems to be solved by introducing advantages and disadvantages of our method when it was applied to urine volume estimation.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009872784
SN - 1881-4379
VL - 54
SP - 1
EP - 2
JO - Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
JF - Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
IS - PROC
ER -