Bernie Hudgins, PhD, P Eng

Portrait of Bernie HudginsResearcher Credentials

  • Director (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)
  • Professor (UNB Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Research Interests

  • Myoelectric control
  • Biological signal processing
  • Pattern recognition
  • Telehealth

Publications

Below are Bernie Hudgins's publications displayed by date:

Hargrove, L, Hudgins B, Englehart K, "A Training Strategy to Reduce Classification Degradation due to Electrode Displacements in Pattern Recognition Based Myoelectric Control", Biological Signal Processing and Control, 2007, Vol. 3, pp. 175 - 178

Wilson A, Sexton A, McGibbon C, Hughes G, Hudgins B, "The development of a wearable motion analysis system", 29th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Vancouver, BC, 2006

Sexton A, McGibbon C, Wilson A, Hughes G, Hudgins B, "A wearable system for elbow joint angle measurement", 14th Biennial Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2006, pp. 166

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Plausibility Method of Combining the Opinion of Experts", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2005

Huang Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "A Gaussian Mixture Model Based Classification Scheme for Myoelectric Control of Powered Upper Limb Prostheses",IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2005, Vol. 52 (11), pp. 1801 - 1811

Hargrove L, Hudgins B, Englehart K, Leckey R, "A comparison of surface and internally measured myoelectric signals for use in myoelectric control", Myoelectric Controls Conference 2005, Fredericton, NB, 2005

Lock B, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Real-time myoelectric control in a virtual environment to relate usability vs. accuracy", Myoelectric Controls Conference 2005, Fredericton, NB, 2005

Hughes G, Hudgins B, MacDougall J, "Using internet video technology to improve health care delivery to people who are Deaf - project results", Integrating Telehealth: Challenges and Solutions, Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2004, pp. 81

Hughes G, Hudgins B, MacDougall J, "Remote sign language interpretation using the internet", Proceedings of the 2nd annual Communication Networks and Services research conference, IEEE Computer society, 2004, pp. 345 - 350

Hughes G, Hudgins B, MacDougall J, "Accessing Sign Language Interpreter Services in a Health Care Using Internet Video", The 29th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Quebec City, 2004, pp. 3

Hughes G, Hudgins B, MacDougall J, "Using Telehealth Technology to Improve the Delivery of Health Services to People who are Deaf", 26th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, CA, 2004, pp. 339

Parker PA, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Control of Upper Limb Prostheses",Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering, and Noninvasive Applications, IEEE Press & John Wiley, 2004

Huang Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "Optimized Gaussian Mixture Models for Upper Limb Motion Classification", 26th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, CA, 2004

Huang Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "Robust Upper Limb Motion Classification using Gaussian Mixture Models", The 29th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Quebec City, 2004

Losier Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Trajectory Based Limb Control using Residual Limb Tracking", The 29th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Quebec City, 2004

Huang Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "A GMM-based Classification Scheme for Myoelectric Control of Powered Upper Limb Prostheses", 19th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Automatic Speech Recognition Using Myoelectric Signals", 19th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004

Huang Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "A GMM-based Classification Scheme for Myoelectric Control of Powered Upper Limb Prostheses", MITACS 5th Annual Conference, Halifax, 2004

Hughes G, Hudgins B, MacDougall J, "Using internet video technology to improve health care delivery to people who are Deaf", E-Health: Converging to Mainstream, Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2003, pp. 47

Hughes G, Hudgins B, Hooper JE, Wallace B, "User satisfaction with remote rehabilitation services using internet video", Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2003, Vol. 9 (3), pp. 180 - 183

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Chan ADC, "Continuous Multifunction Myoelectric Control using Pattern Recognition", Technology and Disability, 2003, Vol. 15 (2), pp. 95 - 103

Englehart K, Hudgins B, "A robust, real time control scheme for multifunction myoelectric control", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2003, Vol. 50 (7), pp. 848 - 854

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Hidden Markov Model Classification of Myoelectric Signals in Speech", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering and Biology Magazine, 2002, pp. 143 - 146

Light CM, Chappell PH, Hudgins B, Englehart K, "Intelligent Multifunction Myoelectric Control of Hand Prostheses", Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 2002, Vol. 26 (4), pp. 139 - 146

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Myoelectric Signals in Speech", CMBES Conference, 2002

Hughes G, Hudgins B, Hooper JE, Wallace B, "Assessment and Prescription of Technical Aids Using Internet Video", CMBES Conference, Ottawa, 2002

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, "Classification of Myoelectric Signals in Speech",24th EMBS Conference, Houston, 2002

Englehart K, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Wavelet methods in biomedical signal processing",Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods, CRC Press, 2002

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "A multi-expert speech recognition system using acoustic and myoelectric signals", The 27th Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Ottawa, 2002

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "A multi-expert speech recognition system using acoustic and myoelectric signals", 24th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Houston, 2002

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Myoelectric Signals to Augment Speech Recognition", Medical and Biological Engineering & Computing, 2001, Vol. 39 (4), pp. 500 - 506

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, "A Wavelet Based Continuous Classification Scheme for Multifunction Myoelectric Control", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2001, Vol. 48 (3), pp. 302 - 331

Chan ADC, Englehart K, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Hidden Markov model based classification of myoelectric signals in speech", 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, 2001

Hudgins B, "EMG Augmentation for Robust Speech Recognition", Year 1 report under DERA contract #W002-0000001102, 2000, Vol. 6

Greive R, Parker PA, Hudgins B, Englehart K, "Nonlinear adaptive filtering of stimulus artifact", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2000, Vol. 47 (3), pp. 389 - 395

Chan ADC, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Myoelectric Signals in Speech Recognition",Proceedings of CMBES, Halifax, 2000, Vol. 26, pp. 4 - 5

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, "Multifunction control of prostheses using the myoelectric signal", Intelligent Systems and Technologies in Rehabilitation Engineering, CRC Press, 2000

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, "Time-Frequency Based Classification of the Myoelectric Signal: Static vs. Dynamic Contractions", 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Chicago, 2000

Chan ADC, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Speech recognition without speech", 10th Atlantic Rehabilitation Research Symposium, Halifax, 2000

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, Stevenson M, "Classification of the Myoelectric Signal using Time-Frequency Based Representations", Medical Engineering and Physics, Special Issue:  Intelligent Data Analysis in Electromyography and Electroneurography, 1999, Vol. 21, pp. 431 - 438

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, Stevenson M, "Improving Myoelectric Signal Classification Using Wavelet Packets and Principal Components Analysis", 21st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Atlanta, 1999

Biden E, Lovely DF, Hudgins B, Brown D, LeBlanc K, "Internet based interactive video in rehabilitation", 25th Canadian Medical & Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) Conference, London, ON, Canada, 1999, pp. 20 - 21

Hudgins B, Leowinata S, Parker PA, "A Multi Function Myoelectric Control Strategy Using an EMG correlation", BMES/EMBS '99 conference, Atlanta, 1999

McMillian G, Hudgins B, "Biopotential Based Control", Chapter 2 in Report of WG25 (Alternative Control Technologies for Aerospace Applications), A. Leger Ed., Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) of the Medical Research, 1998

Leowinata S, Hudgins B, Kyberd P, "A Multi Function Myoelectric Control Strategy Using an Array of Surface Electrodes", 16th Annual International Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, Montreal, Quebec, 1998

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, Stevenson M, "Time-Frequency Based Classification of the Myoelectric Signal: Static vs. Dynamic Contractions", 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Hong Kong, 1998

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, Stevenson M, "Time-Frequency Based Classification of the Myoelectric Signal: Static vs. Dynamic Contractions", 16th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, Montreal, Quebec, 1998

Chan ADC, Lovely DF, Hudgins B, "Errors associated with the use of adaptive differential pulse code modulation in the compression of isometric and dynamic myoelectric signals", Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 1998, Vol. 36, pp. 215 - 219

Leowinata S, Hudgins B, Parker PA, Stevenson M, "Time-frequency methods for classification of the transient myoelectric signal", proceedings of the 1998 ISEK conference, Montreal, Quebec, 1998, pp. 150 - 151

Hudgins B, "Development of a Multfunction Myoelectric Control System", Final Report to the Whitaker Foundation, 1997

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Parker PA, "A wavelet packet based feature set for classification of the myoelectric signal", 23rd Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Conference, Toronto, 1997

Hudgins B, Englehart K, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A microprocessor-based multifunction myoelectric control system", 23rd Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Conference, Toronto, 1997

Hunt JA, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "A simple two channel pattern recognition strategy for the control of a 3-degree-of-freedom prosthesis", Myoelectric Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium (MEC '97), Fredericton, NB, 1997, pp. 50 - 60

Hunt JA, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "A basic pattern recognition control strategy for a 3-degree-of-freedom prosthesis", 23rd Canadian Medical & Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) Conference, Toronto, 1997, pp. 82 - 83

Hudgins B, "Development of a Multfunction Myoelectric Control System", Proceedings of the Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference, Snowbird, UT, 1996

Englehart K, Scott RN, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Coordinated and simultaneous control of a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis", Progress Report #3, Hugh Steeper Industrial Collaboration, NSERC Project No. CRD151174, 1996

Atsma WJ, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Classification of raw myoelectric signals using finite impulse response neural networks", 18th IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1996

Atsma WJ, Hudgins B, Lovely DF, "Studying structure in myo-electrical signals", 22nd Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) Conference, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1996

Grieve R, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Stimulus artifact reduction in somatosensory evoked potential measurements using neural networks", IEEE Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1996, pp. 2

Grieve R, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Stimulus artifact reduction in somatosensory evoked potential measurements using neural networks", Proceedings of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Charlottetown, PE, 1996, pp. 69 - 97

Kuruganti U, Hudgins B, Scott RN, "Two Channel Enhancement of a Multifunction Control System", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1995, Vol. 42 (1), pp. 102 - 111

Hudgins B, "Development of a Multfunction Myoelectric Control System", Proceedings of the Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference, Snowbird, UT, 1995

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "A dynamic feedforward neural network for subset classification of myoelectric signal patterns", 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society , Montreal, P.Q, 1995

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "Classification of transient myoelectric signals using a dynamic feedforward neural network", World Congress of Neural Networks, Washington DC, 1995

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "Classification of transient myoelectric signals using a dynamic feedforward neural network", IEEE EMBS Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1995

Hudgins B, Scott RN, Parker PA, Hrucskowski T, Englehart K, "Coordinated and simultaneous control of a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis", Progress Report #2, Hugh Steeper Industrial Collaboration,, NSERC Project No. CRD151174, 1995

Lovely DF, Hrucskowski T, Hudgins B, Rush K, et al., "Intelligent ambulatory monitor for the collection of ergonomic data from within the workplace", Journal of Microprocessor Applications, 1995, Vol. 18, pp. 127 - 147

Grieve R, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Adaptive stimulus artifact cancellation in biological signals using neural networks", Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 1995, pp. 2

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "Myoelectric signal classification using a finite impulse response neural network", 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "Myoelectric signal classification using a FIR neural network", UNB Myoelectric Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium, Fredericton, NB, 1994, pp. 146 - 156

Englehart K, Hudgins B, Stevenson M, Parker PA, "A FIR neural network for myoelectric signal classification", Tenth Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, 1994, pp. 82 - 83

Englehart K, Scott RN, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Coordinated and simultaneous control of a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis", Progress Report #1, Hugh Steeper Industrial Collaboration,, NSERC Project No. CRD151174, 1994

Lovely DF, Hruczkowski TW, Hudgins B, Rush K, et al., "A portable monitor for the assessment of back injury prevention programs", 20th Canadian Medical & Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1994

Lovely DF, Hudgins B, Stocker DE, "A wireless electrode for myoelectric training",Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1994

Lovely DF, Hruczkowski TW, Hudgins B, Rush K, et al., "Quantitative evaluation of an injury prevention program: Results and summary of a clinical study", 6th Atlantic Rehabilitation Research Symposium, Halifax, 1994

Basha T, Scott RN, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Deterministic components in the myoelectric signal", Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 1994, Vol. 32, pp. 233 - 235

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A pattern recognition approach to multifunction myoelectric control", invited paper for special issue on Biomedical Signal Processing, Medical and Life Sciences Engineering, 1994, Vol. 13, pp. 21 - 381

Lovely DF, Hruczkowski TW, Hudgins B, Rush K, et al., "An Ambulatory Monitoring System for the Quantitative Evaluation of Injury Prevention Programs in a Workplace Environment", 5th Atlantic Rehabilitation Research Symposium, Halifax, 1993, pp. 7

Scott RN, Kuruganti U, Hudgins B, "Two Channel Enhancement of a Multifunction Control System", proceedings of UNB International Myoelectric Controls Symposium, Fredericton, NB, 1993, pp. 17 - 21

Kuruganti U, Scott RN, Hudgins B, "Enhancement of a Multifunction Control System",19th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Ottawa, 1993, pp. 130 - 131

Lovely DF, Hudgins B, Danisch L, Caldwell R, et al., "Control of powered prosthetics using bend-enhanced fibre optic sensors", UNB Myoelectric Control Symposium, MEC'93, 1993, pp. 93 - 97

Lovely DF, Hruczkowski TW, Hudgins B, Rush K, et al., "An ambulatory monitoring system for the quantitative evaluation of injury prevention programs in a workplace environment", 5th Atlantic Rehabilitation Research Symposium, Halifax, 1993

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A new approach to multifunction myoelectric control", IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 1993, Vol. 40 (1), pp. 82 - 94

Basha T, Scott RN, Parker PA, Hudgins B, "Deterministic components in the myoelectric signal", 19th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Ottawa, 1993, pp. 282 - 283

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A new strategy for prosthetic limb control", 9th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology (ISEK), , Florence, Italy, 1992, pp. 138

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A new multifunction myoelectric control", ACPOC, St. Louis, 1992

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "An adaptive multifunction myoelectric control system", 7th World Congress of ISPO, Chicago, 1992, pp. 308

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "Myoelectric Control - Beyond 3-state", Proceedings of the 18th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, 1992, pp. 8 - 9

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "Recognition of myoelectric patterns", Proceedings of the 18th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, 1992, pp. 2040 - 2041

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A neural network classifier", Proceedings of the 18th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, 1992, pp. 1454 - 1455

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "Recognition of myoelectric patterns", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Orlando, 1991, pp. 2040 - 2041

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "A neural network classifier", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Orlando, 1991, pp. 1454 - 1455

Hudgins B, Parker PA, Scott RN, "Neural network based myoelectric control system",Proceedings of the 4th UNB AI Symposium, 1991, pp. 345 - 355