Join us for a special seminar on motion capture with Dr. Elise Laende.
Dr. Elise Laende
Elise Laende is an Assistant Professor in Systems Design Engineering with research expertise in orthopaedic implants and biomechanics. She completed her PhD at Dalhousie University in Biomedical Engineering where her research used radiostereometric analysis (RSA), an imaging technique to measure implant micromotion following total joint replacement, examining the interaction of patient and implant design factors on successful implant fixation. During her post-doctoral position at Queen’s University, she worked extensively with markerless motion capture technology to assess biomechanical factors in patients. Her prior experience in industry and in clinical research in an Orthopaedic Surgery department has informed her research approach to design tools to support clinicians in healthcare delivery and outcome assessment.
Abstract: Understanding dynamic function – how patients move – is a critical missing piece in healthcare assessments. A surgical intervention such as a knee replacement is intended to improve function and restore mobility. And yet we currently have no widely accessible clinical tools that measure function or mobility. Markerless motion capture technology, using off-the-shelf video cameras and a deep learning-based approach to estimate pose and calculate kinematics, offers the potential to build novel clinical assessment tools that have not been possible with traditional marker-based motion capture approaches. Her research has investigated the technical validation of markerless technology and is now focused on clinical applications, including evaluating osteoarthritis and joint replacement, stroke rehabilitation, and patients with cerebral palsy.
Attending this seminar will count towards the graduate student seminar attendance milestone!
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