Rudi Pirani

Management of the Research and Electronics teams. Design and development of research projects focused on algorithms based on computer vision and human tracking. Rapid prototyping of medical device components through CAD drawings and 3D printing. Acquisition and data analysis of human body movements through MoCap to improve accuracy of medical devices. Validation and certification of medical devices (ISO13485 and 93/42/EEC). Design and coordination of functional tests of medical devices.

Data acquisition and elaboration of sensor signals (point cloud, load cells, IMU, EMG, marker based systems). Development of algorithms to improve skeletal tracking provided by Microsoft Kinect One depth camera. RGB-D camera calibration (IR markers via OpenCV, point cloud via depth data) Development of mathematical models to improve dynamics and stability of a balance board Development of inertial sensors from scratch capable of recognizing orientation and translations of feet in real time.

Laboratory assistant for the control and repair of medical devices.

Acquisition and elaboration of inertial and stereophotogrammetric signals for gait analysis of Parkinson’s disease and healthy subjects.

Main subjects: elaboration of biomedical images, biomedical instrumentation, synthetic biology, mechanics of biological tissues, biomechanics, rehabilitation technologies, elaboration of biomedical signals, motion analysis.

Main subjects: biological models, mathematics, physics, electronics, biology, object-oriented programming.