QBRI partners with Argus Cognitive, Rush University on autism diagnosis tool

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), has signed a collaboration agreement with Argus Cognitive, in association with Rush University, Chicago, USA, that will support the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

During the two-year collaboration, the organisations will work on a project titled “Digital Phenotyping for Social Communication Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder” which will utilise machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to create an objective diagnostic tool for early detection and diagnosis of autism, using the gold standard diagnostic instrument, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), a standardised activitybased assessment for ASD. The project will be funded by Argus Cognitive, a US-based hightech IT company that aims to improve medical diagnostics, prognosis, and therapy choices by integrating AI components into medical devices or medical decision support systems.