Conventional neurological assessments rely primarily on subjective questionnaires and simple office-based tests, providing limited insights into a patient's cognitive function. There is a need for more quantitative, data-driven approaches that incorporate multiple modalities of data to give a more complete and objective picture of neurological health.
In addition, while neurological conditions are a central indicator of overall well-being, other lifestyle and health factors also play an important role. A holistic understanding of a patient should consider physical health, mental health, diet, exercise, sleep quality, and more.
Accordingly, there is a need for an integrated system that combines neurological assessment with analysis of other health and lifestyle data for a comprehensive and objective evaluation of a patient's cognitive and physical status.
The present invention provides a multi-modal health assessment system and method that analyzes data from neurological tests along with speech, blood biomarkers, wearable devices, sleep trackers, exercise trackers, stress monitors, heart rate monitors, diet logs, and more. The system and method generates neurological risk scores and lifestyle scores to objectively quantify a patient's mental and physical wellbeing.
The neurological assessment incorporates speech analysis to detect linguistic biomarkers, blood tests for markers of neurodegeneration, data from wearable sensors, and sleep quality measurements from wearables. The lifestyle assessment includes metrics for physical activity, heart health, stress levels, and diet quality.
A neural assessment module uses machine learning techniques to analyze the diverse data streams and identify any correlations between neurological, physical, and mental health markers. The module computes a set of personalized scores highlighting risks and opportunities to improve the patient's cognitive and overall wellness through targeted recommendations.
The invention provides a system for providing an assessment of a neurological condition of a subject, the system comprising: a plurality of sensors configured to collect biometric data from the subject; at least one processor coupled to the sensors to receive biometric data; a data collection module configured to store the collected biometric data; a neural assessment module configured to: extract a plurality of physiological signals from the stored biometric data; generate one or more neurological risk scores using machine learning models trained on neurological data; and produce personalized health recommendations based on the risk scores.
The plurality of sensors may comprise at least three of: speech sensors; blood sample sensors; wearable motion sensors; sleep monitoring sensors; heart rate sensors; and stress monitoring sensors. The neural assessment module may be further configured to: analyze speech recordings for linguistic biomarkers comprising prosody, lexical complexity, and semantic coherence; and compute a confidence index for the linguistic biomarkers. The neural assessment module may be further configured to: analyze blood samples for biomarkers comprising tau, p-tau, neurofilament-light, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), amyloid beta, and α-synuclein; and generate risk scores based on detected biomarker levels. The neural assessment module may be further configured to: analyze wearable sensor data comprising heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure, sleep patterns, movement analysis, and gait analysis; and identify behavioral patterns indicative of neurological conditions. The machine learning models may comprise: a multi-layer neural network with specific architecture for processing multi-modal data; and trained weights for feature extraction from each sensor type.
The invention provides a method for providing an assessment of a neurological condition of a subject, the method comprising: using a plurality of sensors configured to collect biometric data from the subject; using at least one processor coupled to the sensors to receive biometric data; using a data collection module configured to store the collected biometric data; and using a neural assessment module configured to: extract a plurality of physiological signals from the stored biometric data; generate one or more neurological risk scores using machine learning models trained on neurological data; and produce personalized health recommendations based on the risk scores.
The plurality of sensors may comprise at least three of: speech sensors; blood sample sensors; wearable motion sensors; sleep monitoring sensors; heart rate sensors; and stress monitoring sensors. The neural assessment module may include: analyzing speech recordings for linguistic biomarkers comprising prosody, lexical complexity, and semantic coherence; and computing a confidence index for the linguistic biomarkers. The neural assessment module may include: analyzing blood samples for biomarkers comprising tau, p-tau, neurofilament light, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), amyloid beta, and a-synuclein; and generating risk scores based on detected biomarker levels. The neural assessment module may include: analyzing wearable sensor data comprising heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure, sleep patterns, and gait analysis; and identifying behavioral patterns indicative of neurological conditions. The machine learning models may include: using a multi-layer neural network with specific architecture for processing multi-modal data; and using trained weights for feature extraction from each sensor type.
The invention provides a system for providing an assessment of a neurological condition of a subject, comprising: at least one processor configured to receive and analyze data from a plurality of sensors, wherein the sensors comprise biometric sensors, speech sensors, blood sample sensors, wearable sensors, sleep sensors, exercise sensors, stress sensors, heart rate sensors, and diet sensors; a data collection module configured to store the received data from the sensors; a neural assessment module configured to: adaptively extract a plurality of signals associated with neural parameters of the subject from the data collection module, wherein the signals include speech recordings, biomarker data, and wearable data; dynamically generate one or more neurological risk scores for the subject based on the plurality of signals using machine learning models, wherein the risk scores indicate a probability that the subject suffers from a neurological condition; automatically adjust selection of the neural parameters based on the risk scores; compare a prior clinical assessment to the risk scores to check for false positives or negatives; compute a confidence index for recurring questions posed to the subject and/or a caregiver of the subject; generate predicted improvements in the risk scores based on care recommendations, which are selected to reduce the risk scores; compute trends in the risk scores to determine additional recommendations; reserve care resources based on the risk scores; generate mortality, morbidity, and brain pathology indicators based on the risk scores; generate risk scores for the caregiver based on the subject's risk scores; extract signals from the sensors including biochemical, GPS, respiratory, cardiac, neurological, motion, augmented reality, and blood pressure sensors; analyze the speech recordings for linguistic biomarkers indicative of neurological health; analyze blood biomarkers associated with neurological diseases; analyze wearable data for symptoms and behaviors indicative of neurological health; generate a lifestyle assessment analyzing sleep, exercise, stress, heart health, and diet data; and produce personalized recommendations based on the neurological and lifestyle assessments.
The linguistic biomarkers may comprise features related to prosody, lexical complexity, semantic coherence, and disfluency. The blood biomarkers may comprise tau, p-tau, amyloid beta, α-synuclein, neurofilament light chain, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), P-53, secreted modular calcium-binding protein (SMOC-1), placental growth factor (PLGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and neurogranin. The wearable data may comprise heart rate, sleep staging, gait analysis, tremor, and voice analysis. The machine learning models may comprise neural networks trained on neurological data. The lifestyle assessment may evaluate sleep quality, physical activity, stress levels, heart rate variability, and nutrition intake.
The invention provides a method for providing an assessment of a neurological condition of a subject, comprising: collecting data from biometric, speech, blood, wearable, sleep, exercise, stress, cardiac, and diet sensors; storing the received data from the sensors in a data collection module; adaptively extracting, by a neural assessment module, a plurality of signals associated with neural parameters of the subject from the data collection module, wherein the signals include speech recordings, biomarker data, and wearable data; dynamically generating, by the neural assessment module, one or more neurological risk scores for the subject based on the plurality of signals using machine learning models, wherein the risk scores indicate a probability that the subject suffers from a neurological condition; automatically adjusting selection of the neural parameters based on the risk scores; comparing a prior clinical assessment to the risk scores to check for false positives or negatives; computing a confidence index for recurring questions posed to the subject and/or caregiver; generating predicted improvements in the risk scores based on care recommendations, which are selected to reduce the risk scores; computing trends in the risk scores to determine additional recommendations; reserving care resources based on the risk scores; generating mortality, morbidity, and brain pathology indicators based on the risk scores; generating risk scores for a caregiver based on the subject's risk scores; extracting signals from the sensors including biochemical, GPS, respiratory, cardiac, neurological, motion, augmented reality, and blood pressure sensors; analyzing the speech recordings for linguistic biomarkers indicative of neurological health; analyzing blood biomarkers associated with neurological diseases; analyzing wearable data for symptoms and behaviors indicative of neurological health; generating a lifestyle assessment analyzing sleep, exercise, stress, heart health, and diet data; producing personalized recommendations based on the neurological and lifestyle assessments.
The linguistic biomarkers may comprise prosodic, lexical, semantic, and disfluency features. The blood biomarkers may comprise tau, amyloid beta, a-synuclein, neurofilament light chain, P-53, SMOC-1, PLGF, BDNF, and neurogranin. The wearable data may comprise heart rate, sleep staging, gait, tremor, and voice characteristics. The machine learning models may comprise neural networks trained on neurological data. The lifestyle assessment may evaluate sleep quality, activity, stress, heart rate variability, blood pressure, and nutrition.
A preferred embodiment will be described as an exemplary way to practice the Invention, but the invention is not limited to this embodiment.
A neural assessment module 103 applies machine learning algorithms to analyze the data. Neural network architecture and training within the machine learning models can be used for multi-modal data analysis and health profile generation. Speech analysis 104 extracts linguistic biomarkers indicating neurological function. Blood analysis 105 measures neurodegenerative proteins and metabolites. Wearable analysis 106 extracts symptoms and behaviors. Sleep analysis 107 characterizes sleep quality. Exercise analysis 108 quantifies activity levels. Stress analysis 109 computes stress indicators. Heart rate analysis 110 calculates heart rate variability metrics. Diet analysis 111 evaluates nutrition intake.
The neural assessment module 103 combines insights from the data analyses to generate a neurological risk profile 112 for the patient. Lifestyle analysis 113 evaluates physical activity, sleep, stress, and diet metrics to produce an overall wellness assessment 114.
A recommendation module 115 uses the neurological risk profile 112 and wellness assessment 114 to generate personalized recommendations to improve the patient's cognitive health and overall wellbeing through targeted interventions. The recommendations are provided to the patient and care providers via user interfaces 116. A personalized recommendation dashboard can be displayed to a user, using a screen displaying graphs or profiles with sections for cognitive scores, physical scores, prioritized recommendations, and tips to improve risk areas.
By providing both neurological analysis and lifestyle evaluation, the system delivers a holistic and objective assessment of mental and physical wellbeing. The data fusion and machine learning techniques enable objective personalized and quantitative insights unmatched by conventional subjective evaluations. This allows customized interventions to improve cognitive function and overall health.
More details on the data collection and analysis will be provided below.
The system implements multiple machine learning modules within both the neural assessment module 103 and recommendation module 115. An exemplary implementation of a machine learning module for neurological risk assessment is detailed below, along with the steps that one skilled in the art would follow to develop and deploy such modules.
The implementation follows industry best practices for medical AI systems, ensuring reproducibility and clinical validity. One skilled in the art would follow these steps to implement the machine learning modules, adjusting hyperparameters and architecture based on available data and specific use cases.
The recommendation module 115 uses a similar implementation approach but with modified architecture focusing on mapping risk scores to intervention recommendations using reinforcement learning techniques.
Although a preferred embodiment has been described, variations will occur to those skilled in the art, and the scope of the invention is not limited by the embodiment but only by the claims.
This application claim priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/597,575 filed Nov. 9, 2023, incorporated by reference herein.
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63597575 | Nov 2023 | US |