Use of Machine Learning to Identify Children with Autism and Their Motor Abnormalities

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2146-2156

  Crippa, Alessandro ^a,b   Salvatore, Christian ^b   Perego, Paolo ^a   Forti, Sara ^a   Nobile, Maria ^a,c   Molteni, Massimo ^a   Castiglioni, Isabella ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FoRiPsi ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Classification; Kinematics; Machine learning; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIOMECHANICS; INFANT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84931576479     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2379-8     Document Type: Article

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