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Procedia Engineering
ProcediaProcedia Engineering 00 (2011) Engineering 29 000–000 (2012) 1625 – 1630 www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia
2012 International Workshop on Information and Electronic Engineering
Preemies Birth Monitoring using Color Detection Method Mansor, M. N.* 1,Yaacob, S.1 , Hariharan, M. 1 , Basah, S. N. 1 , Ahmad Jamil, S. H. F. S. 2 , Mohd Khidir, M. L. 2 , Rejab, M. N. 2, Ku Ibrahim, K. M. Y 2, Ahmad Jamil, A. H. F. S. 2 , Junoh, A.K1, 1
Intelligent Signal Processing Group (ISP), University Malaysia Perlis, no 70 &71, Blok B, Jalan Kangar- Alor setar, 02000, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. 2 Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elekterik, Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Km. 25, Lebuhraya Kuala Perlis Changlun, Ulu Pauh, 02600, Arau, Perlis.
Abstract Administration of vaccines and nutritional supplements to baby or infant is mainly depends on their chronological age and weight. For examples, iron supplements and hepatitis B vaccine should be initiated when the baby is 2 weeks or two months old and their weight is around 2 kg, respectively. To ensure effective vaccines and supplements administration, physicians need to continuously monitor baby/infant age and weight. For prematurely born baby or preemie, the administration of vaccines and supplements is far more challenging due to two main reasons. First, physicians need to make necessary adjustment based on preemie estimated birth date i.e. week 37. Second, a preemie usually needs frequent office care – to screen vision or hearing problems and assess baby development – involving multiple medical disciplines which require accurate coordination. We proposed a monitoring system to classify the behavior of a preemie using intelligent vision system. The focus is on predicting preemie behavior based on preemie motion, face and skin analysis. Our preliminary experimental results show a promising performance of the initial part of the system involving preemie face and skin detection algorithm.
© 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Keywords: Premature infant ; image processing ; color detection
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1. Introduction Prematurity is defined as a birth that occurs before 37 completed weeks (less than 259 days) of gestation. It is associated with approximately one-third of all infant deaths in the United States. Infants who are defined as premature are shown as in Table. 1. Table 1. Terms Related to Prematurity Terms Related to Prematurity Premature infant
An infant born before 37 weeks of estimated gestational age
Low birth weigh
Birth weight
