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Combined image-based approach for monitoring the adherence to inhaled medications
Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Valente, José; Pinho, Bernardo; Guedes, Rui; Almeida, Rute; Jácome, Cristina; Pereira, AnaThe adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance to achieve good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. To objectively verify the adherence, a detection tool was previously developed and integrated in the mobile application InspirerMundi, based on image processing methods. In this work, a new approach for enhanced adherence verification was developed. In a first...
Automatic quality assessment of a forced expiratory manoeuvre acquired with the...
Almeida, Rute; Pinho, Bernardo; Jácome, Cristina; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Amaral, Rita; Gonçalves, Ivânia; Lopes, Filipa; Pinheiro, Ana CatarinaEvaluation of lung function is central to the management of chronic obstructive respiratory diseases. It is typically evaluated with a spirometer by a specialized health professional, who ensures the correct execution of a forced expiratory manoeuvre (FEM). Audio recording of a FEM using a smart device embedded microphone can be used to self-monitor lung function between clinical visits. The challenge of microp...
Quality assessment and feedback of Smart Device Microphone Spirometry executed ...
Almeida, Rute; Pinho, Bernardo; Jácome, Cristina; Teixeira, Joao Fonseca; Amaral, Rita; Lopes, Filipa; Jacinto, Tiago; Guedes, Rui; Pereira, MarianaSmart device microphone spirometry, based on the audio recording of forced expiratory maneuver (FEM), can be a simple, ubiquitous and easy tool for patients to self-monitor their asthma. Automatic validity assessment is crucial to guarantee that the global effort of the FEM fulfil the admissible minimum or if the maneuver needs to be repeated. In this work an automatic method to classify the sounds from FEM wit...
Reproducibility of the Vivatmopro measurements for exhaled nitric oxide values
Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Sá-Sousa, Ana; Pinho, Bernardo; Guedes, Rui; Jacinto, Tiago; Fonseca, JoãoPortable monitoring devices allow fraction exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements outside clinical settings. However, the reproducibility of the new portable device Vivatmo pro is not yet fully established. In this study, we aimed to assess the reproducibility of this device for FeNO measurements.
mINSPIRERS – Estudo da exequibilidade de uma aplicação móvel para medição e mel...
Jácome, Cristina; Guedes, Rui; Almeida, Rute; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Pinho, Bernardo; Vieira -Marques, Pedro; Vilaça, Rita; Fernandes, JoséA má adesão à medicação inalada é um dos principais fatores que limita a melhoria clínica nos doentes com asma. Desta forma, é fundamental o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de monitorização de adesão à medicação objetivas e de fácil disseminação e a promoção de estratégias de adesão à medicação facilmente integráveis no dia a dia dos doentes. Os smartphones e jogos em comunidade virtual podem ter um papel releva...
O associativismo socioprofissional na GNR
Pinho, BernardoApesar de o associativismo ser um fenómeno já estabelecido há algum tempo nas sociedades, o associativismo na Guarda Nacional Republicana, adiante designada por Guarda, é relativamente recente, mas tem sido vincado como um movimento social interno da Instituição através da sua evolução nas suas vertentes social, organizacional e legislativo. Assim, tal fenómeno sociológico merece a atenção deste Trabalho de Inv...