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Advancing ADHD diagnosis: How Qbtech built a mobile AI assessment Model Using Amazon SageMaker AI

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This article describes how Qbtech built QbMobile, a smartphone-based ADHD assessment tool using Amazon SageMaker AI and AWS Glue, reducing feature engineering time from 2 days to 30 minutes.

  • QbMobile uses smartphone cameras and motion sensors for clinical-grade ADHD diagnosis
  • Binary LightGBM model processes 24 features from face tracking, head movement, and error patterns
  • Amazon SageMaker AI parallel processing reduced feature engineering by 96% through multiprocessing
  • AWS Glue standardized heterogeneous smartphone data across different device types
  • Model achieved 85.7% sensitivity, 74.9% specificity, and 73.2% PR-AUC
  • Results delivered in under one minute from data collection to inference
  • Enables 100% remote diagnostic process for patients with logistical barriers
  • Deployment uses Docker, ECR, GitHub Actions, and Terraform on AWS infrastructure
  • Comprehensive security includes encryption, multi-factor authentication, and access logging

Qbtech's cloud-based approach democratizes ADHD assessment access globally while maintaining clinical standards and enabling rapid model iteration.



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