Thesis Project Form
Title (tentative): Handwriting skill as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for neuromotor and cognitive symptoms in Parkinson's disease| Thesis advisor(s): Sanguineti Vittorio, Maurizio Balestrino (DINOGMI) | E-mail: |
| Address: Via All'Opera Pia, 13 - 16145 Genova | Phone: (+39) 010 33 56487 |
Description
Motivation and application domain
Clinical management of Parkinson disease (PD) benefits from continuous monitoring of symptoms and disease progression. The quantitative study of goal-directed movements potentially provides rich information on perception, planning and executive mechanisms.
General objectives and main activities
The goal is to develop a novel technological solution for the diagnosis and monitoring of the progression of Parkinson's disease, capable of providing objective information on the type and degree of impairment.
The solution will involve a pen-based interface, which is able to record samples of cursive handwriting and automatically detect signs of PD-related impairment.
The research combines technological development (new device), computational methods (analysis of complex movements); and clinical experimentation with the aim of identifying the relationship between writing ability and severity/progression of neurological symptoms.
The solution will involve a pen-based interface, which is able to record samples of cursive handwriting and automatically detect signs of PD-related impairment.
The research combines technological development (new device), computational methods (analysis of complex movements); and clinical experimentation with the aim of identifying the relationship between writing ability and severity/progression of neurological symptoms.
Training Objectives (technical/analytical tools, experimental methodologies)
Smartpad interfacing techniques
Movement analysis
Clinical trials
Movement analysis
Clinical trials
Place(s) where the thesis work will be carried out: Bioengineering Lab (DIBRIS); Neurological Clinic (DINOGMI)
Additional information
Maximum number of students: 2