Advances in Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Developmental Delay in Children Using Bioengineering Systems: A New Math Model and Algorithm

Abstract

Assessing cognitive abilities in children is one of the contemporary challenges. The classical psychometric approach for assessing is based on a questionnaire of behavioral markers. It does not offer great prospects for developing a possible computer-aided assessment. Recent studies proposed a new approach that provides a computerized diagnosis based on evaluating shared intentionality in mother–child dyads. This new approach does not employ behavior markers. However, the proposed high-tech method is limited by the applied mathematical model described in probabilistic terms. This theoretical study develops the computer-aided approach, shaping the concept design for translational research. The new high-tech method also emulates the mother-newborn communication model by employing human–computer interaction to detect shared intentionality in mother–child dyads. Its novelty lies in introducing the mean baseline value into computations that forms the new mathematical model and algorithm, reducing the shortcomings of the former computerized method.