Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis based on Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis

K. López de Ipiña, J. B. Alonso, J. Solé-Casals, N. Barroso, M. Faundez, M. Ecay, C. Travieso, A. Ezeiza, A. Estanga

2012

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of progressive degenerative dementia and it has a high socio-economic impact in Western countries, therefore is one of the most active research areas today. Its diagnosis is sometimes made by excluding other dementias, and definitive confirmation must be done trough a post-mortem study of the brain tissue of the patient. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to im-provement of early diagnosis of AD and its degree of severity, from an automatic analysis performed by non-invasive intelligent methods. The methods selected in this case are Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis (ASSA) and Emotional Temperature (ET), that have the great advantage of being non invasive, low cost and without any side effects.

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López de Ipiña K., B. Alonso J., Solé-Casals J., Barroso N., Faundez M., Ecay M., Travieso C., Ezeiza A. and Estanga A. (2012). Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis based on Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis . In Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: SSCN, (IJCCI 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-33-4, pages 698-705. DOI: 10.5220/0004188606980705


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@conference{sscn12,
author={K. López de Ipiña and J. B. Alonso and J. Solé-Casals and N. Barroso and M. Faundez and M. Ecay and C. Travieso and A. Ezeiza and A. Estanga},
title={Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis based on Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: SSCN, (IJCCI 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={698-705},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004188606980705},
isbn={978-989-8565-33-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: SSCN, (IJCCI 2012)
TI - Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis based on Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis
SN - 978-989-8565-33-4
AU - López de Ipiña K.
AU - B. Alonso J.
AU - Solé-Casals J.
AU - Barroso N.
AU - Faundez M.
AU - Ecay M.
AU - Travieso C.
AU - Ezeiza A.
AU - Estanga A.
PY - 2012
SP - 698
EP - 705
DO - 10.5220/0004188606980705