Transcript ALS Monitoring and Analysis System

ALS Monitoring and
Analysis System
IATI MNC 3rd Weekathon Demo
26/3/2015
Igor Shishkin, Moshe Taieb, Ran Mizrachi,
Limor Lahiani, Nir Levy, Lilach Tesler and Hezi Shahmon
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
● Neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in
the brain and the spinal cord.
● Targets and kills motor neurons.
● Paralyzing and eventually leading to death.
ALS Research
● No cure to the disease.
● A Single drugs that prolong the patient life by several
months.
● Variable disease
● There is not enough data for scientific research
Project Goals
Introduce new ways for motoric data collection:
● Rough motoric data collection
Using IMU sensors located on the smartphone, shoes and others located
around the waist or chest.
The wearable sensors are connected wirelessly (BLE) to the patient
smartphone.
● Stored in the cloud for analysis and research
● Web UI for patient data visualisation
The wearable IMU Sensor
For ALS Monitoring System
Today’s Medical Monitoring
● Patients are asked to answer a questionnaire.
● Doctors diagnose physical stage by observation and
questioning: does not reflect the objective status of the
patient.
Demo
Measurable KPIs
● We assume that each KPI is weekly. More granular
KPIs can be obtained but are left for further research
● Measured KPIs
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Covered distance / movement - measured in the phone
Number of falls - measured by the chest sensor
Number of weekly leg steps - measured by the leg sensor
Average leg movement vector - measured by the leg sensor
Average leg polar angle - measured by the leg sensor
Average azimuthal leg angle - measured by the leg sensor
Thank you
IATI Weakaton
2015
SAP and Prize4Life have developed a System with a
smartphone APP that allows the patients to:
● Answer questions about his/her situation
● Test delicate motor capabilities
● Record speech for offline analysis