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Proposal for A KINECT-Based Auscultation Practice System

Authors:
Yoshitoshi Murata
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Natsuko Miura
Yoshihito Endo

Keywords: simulator, auscultation, nursing, KINECT

Abstract:
Students in medical and nursing schools have to practice auscultation. A humanoid simulator is effective for learning disease sounds and correct stethoscope location. Such humanoid simulators, however, are too expensive for most nursing schools to buy. In this paper, we propose a low-cost system for the practice of auscultation. In this system, students themselves play the role of a patient, instead of a humanoid, and stethoscope locations on the body are measured with KINECT. Practicing students hear disease sounds, synchronized with the movement of breathing, through earphones. Movements of the upper body from breathing are also detected by KINECT. Experimental results with a prototype showed that our system could perfectly detect stethoscope locations on a body, except for a few lower points, and it could also detect respiratory changes. There are a few challenges, however, to be solved in future work.

Pages: 86 to 91

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-470-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016