A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings

Takuro Watanabe; Reina Miyamoto; Koji Fujita; Yuta Sugiura

doi:10.1145/3771882.3773959

A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings

Takuro Watanabe
, Reina Miyamoto
, Koji Fujita
, Yuta Sugiura

Department of Information and Computer Science

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Abstract

Cervical myelopathy (CM) is a progressive spinal disorder affecting hand function. We developed two machine learning-based screening methods: one using tablet drawings and another using smartphone-captured paper drawings. In the tablet method, users trace spiral, square, and triangular figures with a stylus, which a convolutional neural network classifies with 95% sensitivity and 85% specificity, exceeding conventional examinations. The smartphone method captures paper drawings, enabling screening without specialized equipment. Together, these approaches provide accessible and reliable CM screening in clinical and non-clinical settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Editors	Salvatore Sorce, Passant Elagroudy, Mohamed Khamis
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	486-488
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400720154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3771882.3773959
Publication status	Published - 2025 Nov 30
Event	24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2025 - Enna, Italy Duration: 2025 Dec 1 → 2025 Dec 4

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Name	Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2025
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Enna
Period	25/12/1 → 25/12/4

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Cervical Myelopathy
Mobile Health
Screening
Smartphone
Tablet

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Human-Computer Interaction

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Watanabe, T., Miyamoto, R., Fujita, K., & Sugiura, Y. (2025). A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings. In S. Sorce, P. Elagroudy, & M. Khamis (Eds.), Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 486-488). (Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3771882.3773959

A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings. / Watanabe, Takuro; Miyamoto, Reina; Fujita, Koji et al.
Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ed. / Salvatore Sorce; Passant Elagroudy; Mohamed Khamis. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. p. 486-488 (Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Watanabe, T, Miyamoto, R, Fujita, K & Sugiura, Y 2025, A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings. in S Sorce, P Elagroudy & M Khamis (eds), Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 486-488, 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2025, Enna, Italy, 25/12/1. https://doi.org/10.1145/3771882.3773959

Watanabe T, Miyamoto R, Fujita K, Sugiura Y. A Stroke of Insight: Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings. In Sorce S, Elagroudy P, Khamis M, editors, Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2025. p. 486-488. (Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia). doi: 10.1145/3771882.3773959

Watanabe, Takuro ; Miyamoto, Reina ; Fujita, Koji et al. / A Stroke of Insight : Accessible Screening for Cervical Myelopathy via Tablet and Paper Drawings. Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. editor / Salvatore Sorce ; Passant Elagroudy ; Mohamed Khamis. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. pp. 486-488 (Proceedings of MUM 2025 - The 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia).

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