Research
Myoelectric Signal Analysis for use with Prostheses |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Dec 11 2007 at 10:52 PM |
| Research >> Biomedical Engineering Group |
Faculty: Marco P. Schoen.
Graduate Student: Jeffrey T. Bingham.
Project Description:
Human muscle motion is initiated in the central nervous system where a nervous signal travels through the body and the motor neurons excite the muscles to move. These signals, termed myoelectric signals, can be measured on the surface of the skin as an electrical potential. By analyzing these signals it is possible to determine the muscle actions the signals elicit, and thus can be used in manipulating smart prostheses and teleoperation of machinery. Due to the complexity of myoelectric signals, extraction of the intended dynamics from the signal is difficult. The ongoing project focuses on new techniques and approaches to characterize these signals and describes the intended motion.