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Early detection of autism spectrum disorder through hybrid deep learning and classical machine learning approaches

Aug 2026 · Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics · Vol 15, pp. 3305-3313 · 0 citations · 23 references

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These findings demonstrate the potential of computer vision-based analysis of children’s expressive activities as an effective, non-invasive ASD pre-screening tool and will focus on expanding dataset diversity and integrating multimodal behavioral cues to improve model generalization and clinical applicability.

Abstract

Early detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is essential for timely intervention. This study presents a hybrid artificial intelligence framework for non-invasive ASD pre-screening using children’s coloring, drawing, and handwriting activities. The proposed framework combines deep convolutional neural networks (VGG16, ResNet50, and EfficientNetB0) as feature extractors with a support vector machine (SVM) classifier to distinguish four diagnostic categories: non-ASD, mild ASD, moderate ASD, and severe ASD. Experimental results demonstrate task-specific performance across architectures. ResNet50–SVM achieved perfect classification for coloring tasks, with 100% accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. VGG16–SVM performed best for drawing, achieving 88% accuracy and recall, 89% precision, and an F1-score of 87%. EfficientNetB0–SVM produced the highest handwriting performance, achieving 96% across all evaluation metrics. These findings demonstrate the potential of computer vision-based analysis of children’s expressive activities as an effective, non-invasive ASD pre-screening tool. Future work will focus on expanding dataset diversity and integrating multimodal behavioral cues to improve model generalization and clinical applicability.

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