A multimodal sensing ring for quantification of scratch intensity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An objective measurement of chronic itch is necessary for improvements in patient care for numerous medical conditions. While wearables have shown promise for scratch detection, they are currently unable to estimate scratch intensity, preventing a comprehensive understanding of the effect of itch on an individual.

Methods

In this work, we present a framework for the estimation of scratch intensity in addition to the detection of scratch. This is accomplished with a multimodal ring device, consisting of an accelerometer and a contact microphone, a pressure-sensitive tablet for capturing ground truth intensity values, and machine learning algorithms for regression of scratch intensity on a 0-600 milliwatts (mW) power scale that can be mapped to a 0-10 continuous sca

SUBMITTER: Padmanabha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature