Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review

There are many uses for machine learning in everyday life and there is a steady increase in the field of medicine; the use of such technologies facilitates the tiresome work of health professionals by either automating repetitive tasks or making them simpler. Bed-related disorders are a great exampl...

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Main Authors: Luís Fonseca, Fernando Ribeiro, José Metrôlho
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/12/5/104
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description There are many uses for machine learning in everyday life and there is a steady increase in the field of medicine; the use of such technologies facilitates the tiresome work of health professionals by either automating repetitive tasks or making them simpler. Bed-related disorders are a great example where tedious tasks could be facilitated by machine learning algorithms, as suggested by many authors, by providing information on the posture of a particular bedded patient to health professionals. To assess the already existing studies in this field, this study provides a systematic review where the literature is analyzed to find correlations between the various factors involved in the making of such a system and how they perform. The overall findings suggest that there is only a significant relationship between the postures considered for classification and the resulting accuracy, despite some other factors such as the amount of data available providing some differences according to the type of algorithm used, with neural networks needing larger datasets. This study aims to increase awareness in this field and give future researchers information based on previous works’ strengths and limitations while giving some suggestions based on the literature review.
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spelling doaj.art-b83626d02bf54b8db544c1c767205a0b2023-11-18T00:58:28ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2023-05-0112510410.3390/computers12050104Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic ReviewLuís Fonseca0Fernando Ribeiro1José Metrôlho2Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-081 Castelo Branco, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-081 Castelo Branco, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-081 Castelo Branco, PortugalThere are many uses for machine learning in everyday life and there is a steady increase in the field of medicine; the use of such technologies facilitates the tiresome work of health professionals by either automating repetitive tasks or making them simpler. Bed-related disorders are a great example where tedious tasks could be facilitated by machine learning algorithms, as suggested by many authors, by providing information on the posture of a particular bedded patient to health professionals. To assess the already existing studies in this field, this study provides a systematic review where the literature is analyzed to find correlations between the various factors involved in the making of such a system and how they perform. The overall findings suggest that there is only a significant relationship between the postures considered for classification and the resulting accuracy, despite some other factors such as the amount of data available providing some differences according to the type of algorithm used, with neural networks needing larger datasets. This study aims to increase awareness in this field and give future researchers information based on previous works’ strengths and limitations while giving some suggestions based on the literature review.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/12/5/104postureclassificationlyingbeddedpressurealgorithms
spellingShingle Luís Fonseca
Fernando Ribeiro
José Metrôlho
Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
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posture
classification
lying
bedded
pressure
algorithms
title Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
title_full Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
title_short Pressure-Based Posture Classification Methods and Algorithms: A Systematic Review
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topic posture
classification
lying
bedded
pressure
algorithms
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