Enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Detection with the Parent-Child Dyads Block-Play Protocol and an Attention-enhanced GCN-xLSTM Hybrid Deep Learning Framework

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Main Authors: Li, Xiang, Fan, Lizhou, Wu, Hanbo, Chen, Kunping, Yu, Xiaoxiao, Che, Chao, Cai, Zhifeng, Niu, Xiuhong, Cao, Aihua, Ma, Xin
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author Li, Xiang
Fan, Lizhou
Wu, Hanbo
Chen, Kunping
Yu, Xiaoxiao
Che, Chao
Cai, Zhifeng
Niu, Xiuhong
Cao, Aihua
Ma, Xin
author_facet Li, Xiang
Fan, Lizhou
Wu, Hanbo
Chen, Kunping
Yu, Xiaoxiao
Che, Chao
Cai, Zhifeng
Niu, Xiuhong
Cao, Aihua
Ma, Xin
contents Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a rapidly growing neurodevelopmental disorder. Performing a timely intervention is crucial for the growth of young children with ASD, but traditional clinical screening methods lack objectivity. This study introduces an innovative approach to early detection of ASD. The contributions are threefold. First, this work proposes a novel Parent-Child Dyads Block-Play (PCB) protocol, grounded in kinesiological and neuroscientific research, to identify behavioral patterns distinguishing ASD from typically developing (TD) toddlers. Second, we have compiled a substantial video dataset, featuring 40 ASD and 89 TD toddlers engaged in block play with parents. This dataset exceeds previous efforts on both the scale of participants and the length of individual sessions. Third, our approach to action analysis in videos employs a hybrid deep learning framework, integrating a two-stream graph convolution network with attention-enhanced xLSTM (2sGCN-AxLSTM). This framework is adept at capturing dynamic interactions between toddlers and parents by extracting spatial features correlated with upper body and head movements and focusing on global contextual information of action sequences over time. By learning these global features with spatio-temporal correlations, our 2sGCN-AxLSTM effectively analyzes dynamic human behavior patterns and demonstrates an unprecedented accuracy of 89.6\% in early detection of ASD. Our approach shows strong potential for enhancing early ASD diagnosis by accurately analyzing parent-child interactions, providing a critical tool to support timely and informed clinical decision-making.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Detection with the Parent-Child Dyads Block-Play Protocol and an Attention-enhanced GCN-xLSTM Hybrid Deep Learning Framework
Li, Xiang
Fan, Lizhou
Wu, Hanbo
Chen, Kunping
Yu, Xiaoxiao
Che, Chao
Cai, Zhifeng
Niu, Xiuhong
Cao, Aihua
Ma, Xin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Emerging Technologies
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a rapidly growing neurodevelopmental disorder. Performing a timely intervention is crucial for the growth of young children with ASD, but traditional clinical screening methods lack objectivity. This study introduces an innovative approach to early detection of ASD. The contributions are threefold. First, this work proposes a novel Parent-Child Dyads Block-Play (PCB) protocol, grounded in kinesiological and neuroscientific research, to identify behavioral patterns distinguishing ASD from typically developing (TD) toddlers. Second, we have compiled a substantial video dataset, featuring 40 ASD and 89 TD toddlers engaged in block play with parents. This dataset exceeds previous efforts on both the scale of participants and the length of individual sessions. Third, our approach to action analysis in videos employs a hybrid deep learning framework, integrating a two-stream graph convolution network with attention-enhanced xLSTM (2sGCN-AxLSTM). This framework is adept at capturing dynamic interactions between toddlers and parents by extracting spatial features correlated with upper body and head movements and focusing on global contextual information of action sequences over time. By learning these global features with spatio-temporal correlations, our 2sGCN-AxLSTM effectively analyzes dynamic human behavior patterns and demonstrates an unprecedented accuracy of 89.6\% in early detection of ASD. Our approach shows strong potential for enhancing early ASD diagnosis by accurately analyzing parent-child interactions, providing a critical tool to support timely and informed clinical decision-making.
title Enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Detection with the Parent-Child Dyads Block-Play Protocol and an Attention-enhanced GCN-xLSTM Hybrid Deep Learning Framework
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16924