Recent Advances in Intelligent Assistive Technologies: Paradigms and Applications

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This book illustrates the rapid pace of development in intelligent assistive technology in recent years, and highlights some salient examples of using modern IT&C technologies to provide devices, systems and application software for persons with certain motor or cognitive disabilities. The book proposes both theoretical and practical approaches to intelligent assistive and emergent technologies used in healthcare for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases. Intelligent assistive technology (IAT) is currently being introduced and developed worldwide as an important tool for maintaining independence and high quality of life among community-living people with certain disabilities, and as a key enabler for the aging population. The book offers a valuable resource for students at technical, medical and general universities, but also for specialists working in various fields in which emergent technologies are being used to help people enjoy optimal quality of life. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Cloud and Internet of Things Technologies for Supporting In-House Informal Caregivers: A Conceptual Architecture (Antonio Martinez-Millana, Gema Ibanez-Sanchez, Vicente Traver)....Pages 1-28 Assistive Technologies to Support Communication with Neuro-motor Disabled Patients (Cristian Rotariu, Radu Gabriel Bozomitu, Hariton Costin)....Pages 29-60 Intelligent Functional Electrical Stimulation (Marian-Silviu Poboroniuc, Dănuţ-Constantin Irimia)....Pages 61-82 Mathematical Models Used in Intelligent Assistive Technologies: Response Surface Methodology in Software Tools Optimization for Medical Rehabilitation (Oana Geman, Octavian Postolache, Iuliana Chiuchisan)....Pages 83-110 An Integrated System for Improved Assisted Living of Elderly People (Imad Alex Awada, Irina Mocanu, Alexandru Sorici, Adina Magda Florea)....Pages 111-141 Machine Learning Based Assistive Speech Technology for People with Neurological Disorders (Shanmuganathan Chandrakala)....Pages 143-163 Feasibility of Non-contact Smart Sensor-Based Falls Detection in a Residential Aged Care Environment (Ann Borda, Cathy Said, Cecily Gilbert, Frank Smolenaers, Michael McGrath, Kathleen Gray)....Pages 165-186 The Challenge of Automatic Eating Behaviour Analysis and Tracking (Dagmar M. Schuller, Björn W. Schuller)....Pages 187-204