AUTOMATIC VISUAL REMOTE ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT SYMPTOMS IN PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOR MDS-UPDRS FINGER TAPPING TASK

摘要

A system and method for assessing patient movement for Parkinson's disease includes capturing a video of a subject performing a finger tapping sequence comprising a predetermined number of open and close periods. According to an exemplary embodiment, a system and method includes extracting a region of interest for each frame of the video and generating a projection of the region of interest for each frame of the video using perpendicular vector projections in a direction or plurality of directions.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for assessing patient movement, comprising:
capturing a video including a plurality of frames of a subject performing a finger tapping sequence including a predetermined number of open and close periods; extracting a region of interest for each frame of the video; generating one or more projections of the region of interest for a set of frames; and extracting maximums and minimums over time from the generated projections.