Researcher

Amélie Chevalier

Research Expertise (University of Antwerp):The research of Professor Chevalier is described as Control-systems co-design for biomechanics. Here, electromechanical machines are designed to be used in biomechanical research. The focus is on the design of control loops and mechanical design. The application area mainly focusses on the human biomechanics, specifically the knee, ankle and hip joint. The studies include kinematic measurements in-vitro using infra-red cameras and fluoroscopy measurements in-vivo using 2D X-ray imaging. Analysis of the data is done using insights in the field of mechanics, control theory and medical imaging.

Keywords (University of Antwerp):AUTOMATION, CONTROL SYSTEMS, BIOMECHANICS, Electronics and electrical engineering
Keywords (Ghent University):Control systems, Biomechanics

Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Automation and control systems, Robotics and automatic control, Biomechanical engineering not elsewhere classified, Biomechanics, Orthopaedics not elsewhere classified
Disciplines (Ghent University):Device biomechanics, Control engineering, Biomedical modelling, Orthopaedics not elsewhere classified

Research techniques (University of Antwerp):Control system design is based on time-domain and frequency domain insights to find the optimal control parameters. Often, the control design is based on a mathematical model of the system. This model can be obtained from classical modeling of from system identification. Mechanical design is done using CAD models. Medical imaging is using transformation and rotaion matrix calculation to place a 3D model of the human bones in space. Image segmentation techniques are used to find the bones or implants in the CT images/ MRI images/X-ray images. Also convolutional neural networks are used to automatically segement implant contours from X-ray images.

Users of research expertise (University of Antwerp):Orthopaedic researchers, Machine designers