A Tool for Automatic Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination

Debi Prosad Dogra, Karthik Nandam, Arun Kumar Majumdar, Shamik Sural, Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Bandana Majumdar, Arun Singh and Suchandra Mukherjee
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Debi Prosad Dogra: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Karthik Nandam: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Arun Kumar Majumdar: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Shamik Sural: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Jayanta Mukhopadhyay: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Bandana Majumdar: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Arun Singh: Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, India
Suchandra Mukherjee: Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, India

International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), 2011, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) is a popular method to estimate the neurological development of infants aged less than two years. Using HINE, especially for preterm or premature babies, the risk of neural disorder can be minimized through proper preventive measures. This paper presents the design of a semi-automatic application that can be used as an aid to doctors for efficiently conducting the examinations listed in the Hammersmith chart. The user friendly version of the examination interface provides a platform for quantitative neurological assessment of the infants. It includes various simplified video and image based schemes that are suited to inexperienced staff. It provides an interface to go through the previous records of patients. Ten examinations are enlisted in the Hammersmith chart for neonatal babies. This paper examines a semi-automatic approach for posture estimation examination. For post neonatal infants, a follow-up management interface is designed that can be used to fetch / consult past records of the patients for better diagnosis. The application is currently in operation at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME & R) and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, Kolkata, India.

Date: 2011
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