Intelligent Data Capture and Assessment Technology for Developmental Disabilities

描述（由申请人提供）：这项拟议的SBIR第二阶段更新将利用格鲁吉亚理工学院学术合作者的技术专长以及与行为健康专业人员建立的持续关系，为我们现有的行为成像（R）远程医疗系统引入关键技术创新，并在与自闭症谱系障碍相关的两个临床评估环境中评估增强的系统。这些技术创新将显著提高我们系统的部署和临床实用性，从而产生更具商业可行性的产品。拟议项目的具体目标是：（1）对行为捕捉进行硬件和软件修改，简化商品智能手机上的视频捕捉和新颖的互动功能，包括目标行为的标签和标记适当记录示例的能力;（二）通过设计优化工作流程的模块，改善临床医生使用我们的在线Behavior Connect远程医疗系统的体验，减少培训的需要，和（3）进行两项临床研究，以证明技术创新如何影响临床决策。第一项研究将与亚利桑那州的西南自闭症研究与资源中心（SARRC）合作进行，并将评估该技术的使用，以简化使用父母在家中录制的视频诊断自闭症的过程。第二项研究将与格鲁吉亚的马库斯自闭症中心合作进行，并将评估该技术用于评估问题行为的严重性和功能的使用，同样，基于照顾者在家中捕获的儿童行为视频。 Caring Technologies（现为Behavior Imaging Solutions）成功地执行了第一阶段和第二阶段研究，部分开发和评估了其行为成像（R）远程医疗技术的研究效果，以促进数据收集和远程咨询/监督，为特殊教育工作者和临床医生在课堂上治疗自闭症和其他行为障碍。该公司随后成功推出了其行为成像（R）咨询平台，在没有机构投资的情况下，2010年该技术主要用于（1）捕获和跟踪特殊需要学生的进展，以及（2）远程监督家庭行为治疗的交付。我们预计，一旦在本提案中描述的临床研究中得到验证，拟议的增强系统将被自闭症研究和临床社区广泛采用，并将显着改善自闭症和发育障碍儿童及其家庭获得护理的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed SBIR Phase II renewal will leverage the technical expertise of academic collaborators at Georgia Institute of Technology and ongoing relationships forged with behavioral health professionals to introduce key technical innovations to our existing Behavior Imaging(R) telehealth system, and evaluate the enhanced system in two clinical assessment settings relevant to Autism Spectrum Disorders. These technical innovations will significantly improve ease of deployment and clinical utility of our system, resulting in a far more commercially viable product. The specific aims of the proposed project are: (1) To introduce hardware and software modifications to Behavior Capture, with simplified video capture on commodity smartphones and novel interactive features, including tags for target behaviors and the ability to flag examples of appropriate recordings; (2) To improve clinicians' experience with our online Behavior Connect telehealth system through the design of modules that optimize their workflow and reduce the need for training, and (3) To conduct two clinical studies to demonstrate how the technology innovations impact clinical decision-making. The first of these studies will be conducted in collaboration with the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) in Arizona, and will evaluate the use of the technology to streamline the process of diagnosis for autism using videos recorded by parents in the home. The second study will be conducted in collaboration with the Marcus Autism Center in Georgia, and will evaluate the use of the technology for assessment of severity and function of problem behavior, again, based on caregiver captured video of child behavior in the home. Caring Technologies (now Behavior Imaging Solutions) successfully executed its Phase I and II research studies to partially develop and evaluate the research efficacy of its Behavior Imaging(R) telehealth technology to facilitate data collection and remote consultation/supervision for special educators and clinicians treating autism and other behavior disorders in classrooms. The company subsequently successfully launched its Behavior Imaging(R) consultation platform, and without institutional investment, generated 900K in revenue in 2010 for the technology's use primarily for (1) capturing and tracking the progress of special needs students, and (2) remotely supervising the delivery of in-home behavioral treatment. We anticipate that the proposed enhanced system, once validated in the clinical studies described in this proposal, will be adopted widely by the autism research and clinical community, and will significantly improve access to care among children with autism and developmental disabilities, as well as their families.