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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022

Identifying Autism with Head Movement Features by Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms.

Zhong Zhao, Zhipeng Zhu, Xiaobin Zhang, Haiming Tang, Jiayi Xing, Xinyao Hu, Jianping Lu, Xingda Qu

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neurobehavioral Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Autism Using Smartphone Technology.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  19. What are quantitative traits and how can they be used in autism research?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023
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  20. Predicting Autism from Head Movement Patterns during Naturalistic Social Interactions.Proceedings of the 2023 7th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI 2023) : May 12-14, 2023, Kyoto, Japan. International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (7th : 2023 : Kyoto, Japan) · 2023
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8 authors.

Zhong ZhaoInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhipeng ZhuInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiaobin ZhangShenzhen Guangming District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Haiming TangInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Jiayi XingInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Xinyao HuInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Jianping LuDepartment of Child Psychiatry of Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, China.
Xingda QuInstitute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai, Avenue, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. quxd@szu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-0357

Funding

Key Realm R&D Program of Guangdong Province 2019B030335001Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen SZSM201612079Science and Technology Innovation Committee of Shenzhen JCYJ20190808115205498Shenzhen Double Chain Grant [2018]256Shenzhen Key Medical Discipline Construction Fund SZXK042Shenzhen University 860-000002110259
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our study investigated the feasibility of using head movement features to identify individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children with ASD and typical development (TD) were required to answer ten yes-no questions, and they were encouraged to nod/shake head while doing so. The head rotation range (RR) and the amount of rotation per minute (ARPM) in the pitch (head nodding direction), yaw (head shaking direction) and roll (lateral head inclination) directions were computed, and further fed into machine learning classifiers as the input features. The maximum classification accuracy of 92.11% was achieved with the decision tree classifier with two features (i.e., RR_Pitch and ARPM_Yaw). Our study suggests that head movement dynamics contain objective biomarkers that could identify ASD.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderAlgorithmsChildHead MovementsHumansMachine LearningAutismBiomarkersDiagnosisHead movementMachine learning

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