Fracture Finder
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Fracture Finder Yellow A Ineffective Diagnosing Common Concerns - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fracture Finder Yellow A Ineffective Diagnosing Common Concerns from Athletes, Doctors, and Trainers Stress injuries comprise 15% of runner injuries Stress fractures only show up 10% of time on x-ray Too long, difficult, and
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injuries
time on x-ray
an MRI
Common Concerns from Athletes, Doctors, and Trainers
through bone
injured bone to test for fracture
Step 2
Record response from two ends of the bone
Step 3
Analyze the results in MATLAB
Step 1
Sweep from 20 Hz to 3 kHz
Step 4
Determine presence of stress fracture
CUSTOMER NEED PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION
Gives results within one appointment Time to give results (mins) < 10 mins Accurately diagnose stress fractures Percent false detection <5% Easily used by single person # parts to constrain at a time <2
Data collection Trainer accessibility Diagnosis Criteria
Bone-Conduction Headphones Dual-Head Stethoscope
User tests with trainers showed that straps were the best model
User tests with trainers showed that straps were the best model
https://www.asics.com/us/en-us/lyteracer/p/0020003790.750 (shoe image) https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/139/2/663/2987138 (human/animal bone comparison) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811848/ (stress fractures normally transverse) https://www.obimed.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/A-Novel-Method-of-Detecting-Fractures-Via-Smartphone-final.pdf (acoustic fracture detector) US20170150885A9, US20140100473A1 (similar patents)
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