An automated system that keeps watch over children could spot the telltale signs of autism and lead to earlier diagnosesThe unusual set-up at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development in Minneapolis is designed to look for signs of behavioural disorders. The plan is to find out if Microsoft's gaming sensor, combined with computer-vision algorithms trained to detect behavioural abnormalities, can be used to automate the early diagnosis of autism.
..., but the earlier a child can begin speech therapy and get help learning social and communication skills, the better.
The system will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in St Paul, Minnesota, this month.
"The idea is not that we are going to replace the diagnosis, but we are going to bring diagnosis to everybody," Sapiro says. "The same way a good teacher flags a problem child, the system will do automatic flagging and say, 'Hey, this kid needs to see an expert'."
By studying video footage of children interacting with a psychiatrist, computer-vision algorithms learn to identify behavioural markers as designated on the Autism Observation Scale for Infants.
"Early diagnosis is critical in helping people with autism get the support they need," says Caroline Hattersley of The National Autistic Society in London, who stresses that specialists are still needed
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They have received a 3 million dollars grant from the National Science Foundation in order to better develop their Kinect-based diagnostic method.
Until now, evaluation for the medical problems mentioned above has been made by specialists that used video of the children in action and talks with their parents.
Using Kinect eliminates some of the subjectivity from the process and makes it more accurate.
Using Kinect also means that the children need not be bothered with sensors that can be intrusive and that the medical system can save more than 100,000 dollars per evaluation.
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