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- Title
Automated diagnosis of autism with artificial intelligence: State of the art.
- Authors
Valizadeh, Amir; Moassefi, Mana; Nakhostin-Ansari, Amin; Heidari Some'eh, Soheil; Hosseini-Asl, Hossein; Saghab Torbati, Mehrnush; Aghajani, Reyhaneh; Maleki Ghorbani, Zahra; Menbari-Oskouie, Iman; Aghajani, Faezeh; Mirzamohamadi, Alireza; Ghafouri, Mohammad; Faghani, Shahriar; Memari, Amir Hossein
- Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a panel of conditions that begin during the developmental period and result in impairments of personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning. Early diagnosis is directly related to a better prognosis. Unfortunately, the diagnosis of ASD requires a long and exhausting subjective process. We aimed to review the state of the art for automated autism diagnosis and recognition in this research. In February 2022, we searched multiple databases and sources of gray literature for eligible studies. We used an adapted version of the QUADAS-2 tool to assess the risk of bias in the studies. A brief report of the methods and results of each study is presented. Data were synthesized for each modality separately using the Split Component Synthesis (SCS) method. We assessed heterogeneity using the I2 statistics and evaluated publication bias using trim and fill tests combined with ln DOR. Confidence in cumulative evidence was assessed using the GRADE approach for diagnostic studies. We included 344 studies from 186,020 participants (51,129 are estimated to be unique) for nine different modalities in this review, from which 232 reported sufficient data for meta-analysis. The area under the curve was in the range of 0.71–0.90 for all the modalities. The studies on EEG data provided the best accuracy, with the area under the curve ranging between 0.85 and 0.93. We found that the literature is rife with bias and methodological/reporting flaws. Recommendations are provided for future research to provide better studies and fill in the current knowledge gaps.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL intelligence; AUTISM spectrum disorders; AUTISM; GREY literature; LITERARY sources
- Publication
Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
0334-1763
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/revneuro-2023-0050