Develop Automatic Scoring of Drawings

Multiple drawing tasks are used as key assessments in clinical diagnoses. These tests include drawing an image based on a verbal/written description, copying an image, or drawing an image from memory. For all of these tests, scoring needs to be performed by a trained professional. Automatic scoring can greatly improve and expand the use of this important class of assessments. The lab’s 3C platform would be greatly enhanced by this technology.

This project involves:

• Understanding/learning about the aims/goals of various cognitive assessments
• Reading the literature to identify appropriate methods
• Developing tools using local or remote image databases
• Implementing methods into the 3C platform’s software
• Programming with JavaScript

Additional insight:

• Feng X, Zou Q, Zhang Y, Tang Y, Ding J, Wang X. Clock Drawing Test Evaluation via Object Detection for Automatic Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis. In: 2020 IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC). IEEE; 2020:1229-1234. – https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9345030