Analytics DashboardsDISEASEMAP – Disease Informatics and Spread Mapping and Evolution Application

This project is aimed at early prediction of Parkinson’s disease through computerized analysis of online handwriting samples. While a number of clinical evaluations are carried out to diagnose the Parkinson’s disease, most of these tests are effective only once the disease is at a relatively advanced stage. Studies have shown that analysis of handwriting can be used as a valuable tool for prediction of Parkinson’s disease at very early stages. In the proposed research, we have employed raw signals captured by a digitizer tablet while attempting several writing and drawing templates, to compute various kinematic, temporal, and pen-based attributes. In addition to these online dynamic attributes, static offline visual features are also extracted using state-of-the-art Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). The developed tools allow practitioners to collect handwriting and drawing samples of subjects and employ a combination of different types of features (online and offline) for the analysis and prediction. 

Analytics dashboard for automation of reported diseases for automation of reported diseases in spatio-tempral region. The system includes AI engine to find disease hotspots and spread over time, evolution of disease hotspots over time in different regions. System also provides insight into multiple diseases co-occurring in spatio-temporal regions for effective disease management by healthcare units  and authorities. In addition, interactive visual analytics for disease trends mapping and tracking is available.

Use cases: Patient Management, Operational Efficiency, Public health surveillance, Financial Management, Quality Improvement

Industry: Health Informatics, Public Health policy, Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

Project Team

  • Dr. Fatima Khalique
  • Qadeer Hashir

Publications

  1. Moetesum, M., Diaz, M., Masroor, U., Siddiqi, I., & Vessio, G. (2022). A survey of visual and procedural handwriting analysis for neuropsychological assessment. Neural Computing and Applications, 1-18.
  2. Diaz, M., Moetesum, M., Siddiqi, I., & Vessio, G. (2021). Sequence-based dynamic handwriting analysis for Parkinson’s disease detection with one-dimensional convolutions and BiGRUs. Expert Systems with Applications, 168, 114405.
  3. Moetesum, M., Siddiqi, I., Javed, F., & Masroor, U. (2020, September). Dynamic Handwriting Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease Identification using C-BiGRU Model. In 2020 17th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR) (pp. 115-120). IEEE.

Project Demo

Project Demo