An efficient face detector could be very helpful to point out possible neurological dysfunctions such as seizure events in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. However, its development is still challenging because large public datasets of newborns' faces are missing. Over the years several studies introduced semi-automatic approaches. This study proposes a fully automated face detector for newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, based on the Aggregate Channel Feature algorithm. The developed method is tested on a dataset of video recordings from 42 full-term newborns collected at the Neuro-physiopathology and Neonatology Clinical Units, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy. The proposed system showed promising results, giving (mean ± standard error): log-Average Miss Rate = 0.47 ± 0.05 and Average Precision Recall = 0.61 ± 0.05. Moreover, achieved results highlighted interesting differences between newborns without seizures, newborns with electro-clinical seizures, and newborns with electrographic-only seizures. For both metrics statistically significant differences were found between patients with electro-clinical seizures and the other two groups. Clinical Relevance- The proposed method, based on quantitative physio-pathological features of facial movements, is of clinical relevance as it could speed up pain or seizure assessment of newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Aggregate Channel Features for newborn face detection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units / Olmi, Benedetta; Manfredi, Claudia; Frassineti, Lorenzo; Dani, Carlo; Lori, Silvia; Bertini, Giovanna; Gabbanini, Simonetta; Lanata, Antonio. - STAMPA. - 2022:(2022), pp. 455-458. (Intervento presentato al convegno ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY) [10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871399].

Aggregate Channel Features for newborn face detection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Olmi, Benedetta;Manfredi, Claudia;Frassineti, Lorenzo;Dani, Carlo;Lori, Silvia;Bertini, Giovanna;Gabbanini, Simonetta;Lanata, Antonio
2022

Abstract

An efficient face detector could be very helpful to point out possible neurological dysfunctions such as seizure events in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. However, its development is still challenging because large public datasets of newborns' faces are missing. Over the years several studies introduced semi-automatic approaches. This study proposes a fully automated face detector for newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, based on the Aggregate Channel Feature algorithm. The developed method is tested on a dataset of video recordings from 42 full-term newborns collected at the Neuro-physiopathology and Neonatology Clinical Units, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy. The proposed system showed promising results, giving (mean ± standard error): log-Average Miss Rate = 0.47 ± 0.05 and Average Precision Recall = 0.61 ± 0.05. Moreover, achieved results highlighted interesting differences between newborns without seizures, newborns with electro-clinical seizures, and newborns with electrographic-only seizures. For both metrics statistically significant differences were found between patients with electro-clinical seizures and the other two groups. Clinical Relevance- The proposed method, based on quantitative physio-pathological features of facial movements, is of clinical relevance as it could speed up pain or seizure assessment of newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
2022
Proceedings EMBC Congress
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY
Olmi, Benedetta; Manfredi, Claudia; Frassineti, Lorenzo; Dani, Carlo; Lori, Silvia; Bertini, Giovanna; Gabbanini, Simonetta; Lanata, Antonio
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