Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome

Michel Bernabei, Giuseppe Andreoni, Martin O Mendez Garcia, Luca Piccini, Federico Aletti, Marco Sassi, Domenico Servello, Mauro Porta, Ezio Preatoni

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Abstract

This study presents a simple decision-support system for the detection of tic events during the Tourette Syndrome (TS). The system is based on a triaxial accelerometer placed on the patient's trunk. TS is a neurological disorder that emerges during childhood and that is characterized by a large spectrum of involuntary/compulsive movements and sounds. 12 subjects with chronic TS participated in the study and the tic events were both measured by the proposed device and visually classified through video recording. 3D-acceleration timeseries were combined through a module operator and their noise was eliminated by a median filter. Signal to noise ratio was improved by a nonlinear energy operator. Finally, a time-variant threshold was used to detect tic events. The automatic tic recognition showed a performance around 80 % in terms of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. In conclusion, this simple, automatic and unobtrusive method offers an alternative approach to quantitatively assess the tic events in clinical and non clinical environments. This overcomes the limitations of the current motor tic evaluation which is done by clinical observation and/or video-inspection in specialized neurological centres.
LanguageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010
PublisherIEEE
Pages422-425
Number of pages4
Volume2010
DOIs
StatusPublished - 2010
EventEngineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration: 30 Aug 2010 → 3 Sep 2010

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ConferenceEngineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
CountryArgentina
CityBuenos Aires
Period30/08/10 → 3/09/10

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Tics
Tourette Syndrome
Video Recording
Dyskinesias
Signal-To-Noise Ratio
Nervous System Diseases
Noise
Observation
Sensitivity and Specificity
Equipment and Supplies

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Bernabei, M., Andreoni, G., Mendez Garcia, M. O., Piccini, L., Aletti, F., Sassi, M., ... Preatoni, E. (2010). Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010 (Vol. 2010, pp. 422-425). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627374

Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome. / Bernabei, Michel; Andreoni, Giuseppe; Mendez Garcia, Martin O; Piccini, Luca; Aletti, Federico; Sassi, Marco; Servello, Domenico; Porta, Mauro; Preatoni, Ezio.

Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010. Vol. 2010 IEEE, 2010. p. 422-425.

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Bernabei, M, Andreoni, G, Mendez Garcia, MO, Piccini, L, Aletti, F, Sassi, M, Servello, D, Porta, M & Preatoni, E 2010, Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome. in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010. vol. 2010, IEEE, pp. 422-425, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30/08/10. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627374
Bernabei M, Andreoni G, Mendez Garcia MO, Piccini L, Aletti F, Sassi M et al. Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010. Vol. 2010. IEEE. 2010. p. 422-425. Available from, DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627374
Bernabei, Michel ; Andreoni, Giuseppe ; Mendez Garcia, Martin O ; Piccini, Luca ; Aletti, Federico ; Sassi, Marco ; Servello, Domenico ; Porta, Mauro ; Preatoni, Ezio. / Automatic detection of tic activity in the Tourette Syndrome. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 31-September 4, 2010. Vol. 2010 IEEE, 2010. pp. 422-425
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