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ArticleScientific reports2024

A multimodal fusion network based on a cross-attention mechanism for the classification of Parkinsonian tremor and essential tremor.

Lu Tang, Qianyuan Hu, Xiangrui Wang, Long Liu, Hui Zheng, Wenjie Yu, Ningdi Luo, Jun Liu, Chengli Song

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  6. Machine Learning for Differentiating Essential Tremor: A Scoping Review.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
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Lu TangSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Qianyuan HuSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Xiangrui WangSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Long LiuSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Hui ZhengSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Wenjie YuSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Ningdi LuoDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jun LiuDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Chengli SongSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China. csong@usst.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51735003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinsonian tremor (PT) and Essential tremor (ET) exist as upper limb tremors in clinical practice. Notably, their types of trembling share similar presentations and overlapping frequencies. To enhance objectivity and efficiency in the diagnosis of these two diseases, there is a pressing need for more objective tremor classification procedures. This study proposes a novel multimodal fusion network based on a cross-attention mechanism (MFCA-Net) to automate the classification of upper limb tremors between PTs and ETs. To this end, 140 patients with PTs and ETs were recruited, and acceleration and surface electromyography (sEMG) signals were collected from the forearm during tremor episodes. To comprehensively capture the global and local features of input signals, a multiscale convolution in MFCA-Net was designed. Furthermore, the cross-attention mechanism was applied to fuse the features of the two input signals. The results demonstrate that the final classification accuracy exceeded 97.18% when MFCA-Net was used. Compared with the single acceleration signal and single sEMG signal inputs, the recognition accuracies increased by 18.91% and 10.04%, respectively. Therefore, the proposed MFCA-Net in this study serves as an objective and potential tool for assisting clinicians in the diagnosis of PT and ET patients.

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ElectromyographyEssential TremorAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeural Networks, ComputerParkinson DiseaseSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedTremorCross-attentionDeep learningEssential tremorMultimodal fusionParkinsonian tremorTremor classification

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PMID39543261
PMCPMC11564626

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