Ralfi Bahar
ABSTRACT
Alzheimer's Disease(AD) is an invasive neurodegenerative disorder that has no cure. The treatment of AD is based on drugs, which have to be administered in the early stages of the development of the disease. Therefore, early diagnosis of the disease is of great significance for the efficiency of the treatment. AD is currently diagnosed by the provision of a professional, conducting medical tests, which is not easily accessible. In this paper, we introduce Caregiver, an application that takes initiative by administering the Self- Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) test on mobile devices and facilitates administration of the test in a fun and simple digital environment. Caregiver gives suggestions to its users to seek professional help for treatment of AD, based on a score they get out of 22 points. Conducting the SAGE test step by step through gamification, Caregiver provides essential healthcare to people that don't have access to medical faculties. Its user-friendly interface enables its users to actively interact with the application, and obtain more accurate results than conducting the test by themselves. Caregiver evaluates visual inputs of the test using a weighted combination of two different classification models, which decreases the total time to conduct the test, hence providing early diagnosis.
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- Caregiver: An Application for The First Step in Alzheimer's Disease Early Diagnosis
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