Tracking Activity and Motion to Improve Success Likelihood of Liver Transplant

Project Spock Computer Science/Engineering, 2015-16

Liaison(s): (not listed)
Advisor(s): David Harris
Students(s): Akhil Bagaria (TL- S), Samantha Echevarria, Minhtrang Vy (TL- F), Erin Paeng (S) Vaibhav Viswanathan (S), Charlotte Robinson (F)

Several factors drive liver transplant success, including a patient’s physical activity both pre- and post-operation, and the treatment of subsequent neurological complications that manifest as hand tremors. The Project Spock team is developing both an app for a wearable device and a secure web app that will allow physicians to track physical activity and detect the onset of hand tremors in their patients. These apps will help physicians monitor patients as they prepare for and recover from a liver transplant.