{"id":11102,"date":"2025-07-20T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11102\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:49:13","slug":"ai-pen-can-detect-parkinsons-disease-through-handwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11102\/","title":{"rendered":"AI pen can detect Parkinson\u2019s disease through handwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 The Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a> world may have just received its next big breakthrough.<\/p>\n

Scientists have developed a self-powered pen<\/a> \u2014 with magnetic ink \u2014 that can potentially discover early signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease by analyzing handwriting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetection of subtle motor symptoms unnoticeable to the naked eye is critical for early intervention in Parkinson\u2019s disease,\u201d Jun Chen, PhD, an associate professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, told Parkinson\u2019s News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur diagnostic pen presents an affordable, reliable, and accessible tool that is sensitive enough to pick up subtle movements and can be used across large populations and in resource-limited areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With an average accuracy of 96.22%<\/a>, the pen recorded handwriting signals for patients with Parkinson\u2019s. It also successfully analyzed one-dimensional convolutional neural network-assisted analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pen is diagnosing the problem with handwriting, which is just one of the many symptoms that we see in our patients,\u201d Chrystalina Antoniades, University of Oxford, acknowledged to The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cBut it can be complementing what we already found, picking up something that might be difficult to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pen\u2019s cost is significantly lower than commercial electronic pens for tablets and digital pens for writing pads.<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease affects 10 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n

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