Voice analysis in Parkinson's disease - a systematic literature review.

Journal: Artificial intelligence in medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease. It is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, which can influence the control over the illness. Therefore, the possibility of diagnosing Parkinson's disease at an earlier stage, and possibly prognosticate it, could be an advantage. Given this, a literature review that covers current studies in the field is relevant.

Authors

  • Daniela Xavier
    Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. Electronic address: daniela.xavier@ubi.pt.
  • Virginie Felizardo
    Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: virginie@it.ubi.pt.
  • Beatriz Ferreira
    LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: fc65029@alunos.fc.ul.pt.
  • Henriques Zacarias
    Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Politécnico da Huíla, Universidade Mandume Ya Ndemufayo, Huíla, Angola. Electronic address: henriques.zacarias@ubi.pt.
  • Mehran Pourvahab
    Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; NOVA LINCS, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: mehran.pourvahab@ubi.pt.
  • Leonice Souza-Pereira
    Instituto Federal do Triangulo Mineiro - Campus Uberlândia Centro, Portugal. Electronic address: leonice.pereira@ubi.pt.
  • Nuno M Garcia
    Department of Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicações and ALLab Assisted Living Computing and Telecommunications Laboratory, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.