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@ARTICLE{Kulvicius:275937,
author = {Kulvicius, Tomas and Zhang, Dajie and Poustka, Luise and
Bölte, Sven and Jahn, Lennart and Flügge, Sarah and Kraft,
Marc and Zweckstetter, Markus and Nielsen-Saines, Karin and
Wörgötter, Florentin and Marschik, Peter B},
title = {{D}eep learning empowered sensor fusion boosts infant
movement classification.},
journal = {Communications medicine},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
issn = {2730-664X},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00159},
pages = {16},
year = {2025},
abstract = {To assess the integrity of the developing nervous system,
the Prechtl general movement assessment (GMA) is recognized
for its clinical value in diagnosing neurological
impairments in early infancy. GMA has been increasingly
augmented through machine learning approaches intending to
scale-up its application, circumvent costs in the training
of human assessors and further standardize classification of
spontaneous motor patterns. Available deep learning tools,
all of which are based on single sensor modalities, are
however still considerably inferior to that of well-trained
human assessors. These approaches are hardly comparable as
all models are designed, trained and evaluated on
proprietary/silo-data sets.With this study we propose a
sensor fusion approach for assessing fidgety movements
(FMs). FMs were recorded from 51 typically developing
participants. We compared three different sensor modalities
(pressure, inertial, and visual sensors). Various
combinations and two sensor fusion approaches (late and
early fusion) for infant movement classification were tested
to evaluate whether a multi-sensor system outperforms single
modality assessments. Convolutional neural network (CNN)
architectures were used to classify movement patterns.The
performance of the three-sensor fusion (classification
accuracy of $94.5\%)$ is significantly higher than that of
any single modality evaluated.We show that the sensor fusion
approach is a promising avenue for automated classification
of infant motor patterns. The development of a robust sensor
fusion system may significantly enhance AI-based early
recognition of neurofunctions, ultimately facilitating
automated early detection of neurodevelopmental conditions.},
cin = {AG Zweckstetter},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1410001},
pnm = {352 - Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39809877},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11733215},
doi = {10.1038/s43856-024-00701-w},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/275937},
}