A Graphical User Interface for an Automatic Rest-activity Cycle Detection and Dichotomy Index Computation

Racha Soubra, Aly Chkeir, Mohammad O. Diab, Majd Abdallah, Jacques Duchene

2019

Abstract

The success of chemotherapy treatment is achieved based on “Chronotherapy”: the concept of administering the correct drug at a precise time based on the circadian rhythm study. This paper aims to detect the rest/activity cycle and automatically calculate the dichotomy index (I<O), as both parameters have been proved to be reliable indices of the circadian rhythm. First, the DARC “Détection Automatique du Rythme Circadien” algorithm is used to segment the rest-activity phases automatically. Then, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is used to calculate easily the I<O across several days of records and smooth the analysis. The outcome of this study provides an easy-to-use GUI that minimizes patients’ intervention, facilitates user involvement, and reduces the time required for analysis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Soubra R., Chkeir A., Diab M., Abdallah M. and Duchene J. (2019). A Graphical User Interface for an Automatic Rest-activity Cycle Detection and Dichotomy Index Computation. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-353-7, SciTePress, pages 340-344. DOI: 10.5220/0007395803400344

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf19,
author={Racha Soubra and Aly Chkeir and Mohammad O. Diab and Majd Abdallah and Jacques Duchene},
title={A Graphical User Interface for an Automatic Rest-activity Cycle Detection and Dichotomy Index Computation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2019},
pages={340-344},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007395803400344},
isbn={978-989-758-353-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - A Graphical User Interface for an Automatic Rest-activity Cycle Detection and Dichotomy Index Computation
SN - 978-989-758-353-7
AU - Soubra R.
AU - Chkeir A.
AU - Diab M.
AU - Abdallah M.
AU - Duchene J.
PY - 2019
SP - 340
EP - 344
DO - 10.5220/0007395803400344
PB - SciTePress