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Mobile postural screening method and system

  • US 8,721,567 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2011
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A postural screening method using a mobile, programmed, hand-held communication device including a display screen, a camera for acquiring an image of a patient on the display screen, and at least one positional device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a level, the method comprising:

  • displaying an image on the display screen of the camera'"'"'s current view of a patient,utilizing the at least one positional device of the mobile, programmed, hand-held communication device to level the camera,capturing an image of the patient once the camera is leveled,determining a pixel to distance ratio for the displayed image,calculating a postural displacement of the patient in the displayed captured image using the determined ratio.

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