Augmented Reality & AI/Computer Vision Technology for Enhanced & More Efficient, Remote Individual and Group Physiotherapy in COVID settings & for environmental sustainability

* * 项目理念：** 将由客户Circle Health沿着与EQL领先的人工智能和物理治疗专家一起制定和提供信息，他们将为具有成本效益、实用和创新的可互操作AI/AR（增强现实）技术开发（第一阶段）技术规范，为肌肉骨骼患者提供基于家庭的康复，包括那些从膝关节或髋关节置换等中恢复的患者。对于研发重点的关键要求，它必须：* 使用AR生成定制的化身，以真实的时间反映患者的身体，因此这些数据可用于准确了解他们的MSK "问题"，以更好地告知理疗决策并与患者互动，并在每次会议上进行明确的比较，以记录恢复进度，并迅速发现任何持续存在的问题 *利用患者已经拥有的技术（智能手机、平板电脑、PC/Mac等），无论平台如何，以确保成本效益 * 克服环境障碍（如光线质量和相机稳定性）* 直观易用，最大限度地提高理疗企业及其患者的使用率。该项目的第2阶段将从第1阶段学习，以构建和测试EQL-在线-AR，Circle Health提供真实的测试环境和场景。* * 更好地重建：** EQL项目旨在减少不必要的旅行和减少碳排放（符合英国的净零碳目标）。大流行前，英国每年约有6，500，000个私人预约。其中大约60%的患者是乘坐汽车或出租车旅行。因此，该项目支持的具体主题是提高商业和工业效率。* * 新冠肺炎的影响：** 英国约有70，000名物理治疗师，约7，700人在私人诊所工作（包括微型中小企业）。自2019冠状病毒病疫情以来，该领域的部分医疗服务提供者的业务减少了90%。这威胁到这些和其他私人物理治疗企业由于收入损失而关闭，这使得这个高素质的英国行业中约8，855个工作岗位（物理学家和支持人员）处于危险之中。

**Project idea:** will be shaped and informed by customer Circle Health along with leading Artificial Intelligence and Physiotherapy experts at EQL who will develop (Phase 1) a technical specification for a cost-effective, practical and innovative interoperable AI/AR (Augmented Reality) technology to provide home-based rehabilitation for musculoskeletal patients, including those recovering from e.g. knee or hip replacements, etc. This tool, the EQL-Online-AR app, will provide physiotherapy businesses with a means by which they can 'see' their patients and continue providing paid rehabilitation support -- protecting the sector/jobs and the continuity of a needed service. Key requirements for R&D focus, it must: * use AR to generate a bespoke avatar that mirrors the patient's body in real time so this data can be used to accurately understand their MSK 'issues' to better inform physio decision-making and interact with the patient, and to make clear comparisons at each session to chart recovery progress and quickly identify any ongoing problems * utilise the technology that the patient already owns (smartphone, tablet, PC/Mac, etc) regardless of platform to ensure cost-effectiveness * overcome environmental barriers (such as light quality and camera stability) * be intuitive to use to maximise take-up by physio businesses and their patients. Phase 2 of this project will take the learning from Phase 1, to build and test EQL-Online-AR with Circle Health providing a real-world test environment and scenarios. **Building back better:** The EQL project aims to reduce unnecessary journeys and reduce carbon (in line with the UK's Net-Zero Carbon goal). Pre-pandemic there were c6,500,000 private appointments in the UK every year. Approximately 60% of these would have involved the patient making a journey by car or taxi. The specific theme that this project supports is therefore improving business and industry efficiency. **Covid impact:** there are circa 70,000 physiotherapists in the UK and ~ 7,700 working in private practice (including micro-SMEs) \[1,7\]. Since the pandemic some of the healthcare providers in this space have seen up to 90% reduction in business since Covid-19\. This threatens these and other private physiotherapy businesses with closure due to loss of revenue, which puts at risk circa 8,855 jobs (physios and support workers) in this highly qualified UK industry.