Real-time recognition of patient intentions from sequences of pressure maps using artificial neural networks.

Objective: In this paper we address the problem of recognising the movement intentions of patients restricted to a medical bed. The developed recognition system will be used to implement a natural human-machine interface to move a medical bed by means of the slight movements of patients with reduced mobility.

Methods And Material: Our proposal uses pressure map sequences as input and presents a novel system based on artificial neural networks to recognise the movement intentions.