Autonomous sensor system for the quantification of relative residual bone movement monitoring within lower limb prosthetic sockets

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Title; Autonomous sensor system for the quantification of relative residual bone movement monitoring within lower limb prosthetic sockets. Aims The PhD scholarship that builds upon existing academic and clinical expertise in soft tissue mechanics, lower limb prosthetic socket design and experimental wearable smart sensor systems, to research, develop and validate an appropriate wearable mobile sensor system capable of in-situ monitoring of small skeletal movement. This PhD research project has the potential to deliver strategically important research outputs and innovations hence substantially contribute to undergoing work of a multi-disciplinary research teams within CDT and the University of Strathclyde. For example, the Strathclyde research team includes researchers from the department of Biomedical engineering and The Centre for Intelligent Dynamic Communications (CIDCOM) which is part of the EEE department. The proposed PhD project will benefit from consortium expertize targeting development and deployment of smart sensors technologies linked to mobile communication platforms being jointly developed between Biomedical engineering (assistive device expertise and clinical aspects) and CIDCOM (sensors, AI, and communication platform). Worth mentioning is the fact that number of research outputs are on their commercialisation pathway. The proposed PhD research is timely and well aligned within the CDT goals as well as with the rehabilitation engineering theme in the Health Research strategy at Strathclyde focused to reduce the impact of disability in life. Research also corresponds well with the strategic sensor network activities supported by Strathclyde and Scotland and with the Strathclyde Technology Innovation Centre health technologies theme promoting earlier and accurate treatment with prevention of injury. Workplan The research will be multi-disciplinary and equally supported by Biomedical engineering and EEE at Strathclyde and other respected CDT partners. It will be jointly led by Dr Arjan Buis and Professor Ivan Glesk both being first supervisors. A prospective industrial supervisor will be assigned the role of External supervisor whose expertise will enable to access the appropriate groups of prosthetic specialists and patients. Finally, this approach will provide an opportunity to demonstrate project outcomes and platform capabilities to external parties including HMO and private sectors. Explore and investigate the technologies capable measuring skeletal movement relative to a lower limb prosthetic socket with the required accuracy, including MRI, ultrasound and optical tomography methods. Develop a specification matrix for ranking and appropriateness of the various technologies investigated. Design and validate at least two measurement systems derived from previous objectives. Integrate the designs with the medical communication platform which is being developed in parallel to this project. After ethical consent has been granted, clinically test and evaluate the developed system. Outcomes Real time quantification of residual bone movement within prosthetic sockets informing prosthetic socket design.