Publications by authors named "Julie Vaughn"
Article Synopsis
- Developing reliable tools to assess factors like frailty and health-related quality of life (HRQL) is vital for understanding aging in dogs and can also inform research on human aging.
- In a study involving 451 adult dogs, researchers validated the Canine Frailty Index (CFI) and VetMetrica HRQL tools, showing that older dogs (7 years and up) exhibit higher frailty and lower HRQL compared to younger dogs (2-6 years).
- The study found that body size didn't significantly affect frailty or HRQL scores, but larger, older dogs had a quicker decline in owner-reported activity and comfort levels, highlighting the need for these tools in advancing dog healthspan research and gerotherapeutics for
Monitoring of Patient Blanket Coverage using 3D Camera Data.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
July 2019
Nurses in a hospital are responsible for the monitoring and care of a large number of patients. Regularly checking if patients are sufficiently covered by their blankets is part of a nurse's normal workload. In this paper, an algorithm based on 3D images is proposed that can automatically and unobtrusively detect if a patient is covered with a blanket or not.
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