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Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting approximately 1 out of 70 (range 1:59 – 1:89) children worldwide. It is characterized by a delay in cognitive capabilities, repetitive and restricted behaviors and deficit in communication and social interaction. Several factors seem to be associated with ASD development; its heterogeneous nature makes the diagnosis difficult and slow since it is essentially based on screening tools focused on stereotypical and repetitive behaviors, gait, facial emotion expression and speech assessments.
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used to investigate ASD with the overall goal of simplifying and speeding up the diagnostic process as well as making earlier access to therapies possible. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art research in the ASD field, identifying and describing machine learning (ML) approaches in ASD literature that could be used by clinicians to improve diagnostic capability and treatment efficiency. A systematic search was conducted and the resulting articles were subdivided into several categories reflecting the different fields of study associated with ASD research. The existing literature has widely demonstrated the potential of ML in several types of ASD study analyses: behavior, gait, speech, facial emotion expression, neuroimaging, genetics, and metabolomics. Therefore, AI techniques are becoming increasingly implemented and accepted, so highlighting the power of ML approaches to extract and obtain knowledge from a large volume of data. This makes ML a promising tool for future ASD research and clinical endeavors suggesting possible avenues for improving ASD screening, diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
Keywords: Autism, autism spectrum disorders, microbiome, metabolome, artificial intelligence, machine learning, multi-omics.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Artificial Intelligence: the “Trait D’Union” in Different Analysis Approaches of Autism Spectrum Disorder Studies
Volume: 28 Issue: 32
Author(s): Francesca Marciano*, Giorgia Venutolo, Carminia Marina Ingenito, Antonella Verbeni, Concetta Terracciano, Elizabeth Plunk, Francesco Garaci, Armando Cavallo and Alessio Fasano
Affiliation:
- European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno (EBRIS), Via S. de Renzi 3, 84125 Salerno (SA),Italy
Keywords: Autism, autism spectrum disorders, microbiome, metabolome, artificial intelligence, machine learning, multi-omics.
Abstract:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting approximately 1 out of 70 (range 1:59 – 1:89) children worldwide. It is characterized by a delay in cognitive capabilities, repetitive and restricted behaviors and deficit in communication and social interaction. Several factors seem to be associated with ASD development; its heterogeneous nature makes the diagnosis difficult and slow since it is essentially based on screening tools focused on stereotypical and repetitive behaviors, gait, facial emotion expression and speech assessments.
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used to investigate ASD with the overall goal of simplifying and speeding up the diagnostic process as well as making earlier access to therapies possible. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art research in the ASD field, identifying and describing machine learning (ML) approaches in ASD literature that could be used by clinicians to improve diagnostic capability and treatment efficiency. A systematic search was conducted and the resulting articles were subdivided into several categories reflecting the different fields of study associated with ASD research. The existing literature has widely demonstrated the potential of ML in several types of ASD study analyses: behavior, gait, speech, facial emotion expression, neuroimaging, genetics, and metabolomics. Therefore, AI techniques are becoming increasingly implemented and accepted, so highlighting the power of ML approaches to extract and obtain knowledge from a large volume of data. This makes ML a promising tool for future ASD research and clinical endeavors suggesting possible avenues for improving ASD screening, diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
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Marciano Francesca *, Venutolo Giorgia , Ingenito Marina Carminia , Verbeni Antonella , Terracciano Concetta , Plunk Elizabeth , Garaci Francesco , Cavallo Armando and Fasano Alessio , Artificial Intelligence: the “Trait D’Union” in Different Analysis Approaches of Autism Spectrum Disorder Studies, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2021; 28 (32) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867328666210203205221
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867328666210203205221 |
Print ISSN 0929-8673 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-533X |
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