A Multiple-Classifier Framework for Parkinson’s Disease Detection Based on Various Vocal Tests
Autor: | Mahnaz Behroozi, Ashkan Sami |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, Vol 2016 (2016) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1687-6415 1687-6423 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2016/6837498 |
Popis: | Recently, speech pattern analysis applications in building predictive telediagnosis and telemonitoring models for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease (PD) have attracted many researchers. For this purpose, several datasets of voice samples exist; the UCI dataset named “Parkinson Speech Dataset with Multiple Types of Sound Recordings” has a variety of vocal tests, which include sustained vowels, words, numbers, and short sentences compiled from a set of speaking exercises for healthy and people with Parkinson’s disease (PWP). Some researchers claim that summarizing the multiple recordings of each subject with the central tendency and dispersion metrics is an efficient strategy in building a predictive model for PD. However, they have overlooked the point that a PD patient may show more difficulty in pronouncing certain terms than the other terms. Thus, summarizing the vocal tests may lead into loss of valuable information. In order to address this issue, the classification setting must take what has been said into account. As a solution, we introduced a new framework that applies an independent classifier for each vocal test. The final classification result would be a majority vote from all of the classifiers. When our methodology comes with filter-based feature selection, it enhances classification accuracy up to 15%. |
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