Project description Personal Health Systems (PHS) Show the project objective Hide the project objective Q- EEG is used in medical labs to determine the brain connectivity in autistic children but due to the artificial nature of this lab-based approach its validity under a real-life scenario is doubtful.Also therapeutic interventions are executed typically in a clinical setting and have a limited extension in time while it has been proved the beneficial effect of an intensive intervention.Moreover although pointed out by several researchers the need of a personalized treatment for each child, there is a little knowledge about how to identify the most suitable treatment or integration of treatments for a specific child.The MICHELANGELO project intends to bring the assessment and the therapy of the autism out of the clinical environment and develop a patient-centric home-based intervention requiring a minimal human involvement and therefore extremely cost effective.The main outcomes of the project will be:a. A camera-based system that – triggered by a wearable EEG solution – will take snapshots of the scenes according to the eye movement and will allow to identify the stimuli that in a natural environment (the child's home) cause significant responses in the autistic child;b.The same pervasive wearable EEG system that - used in conjunction with a eye-tracking device - measures the brain activity while the patient is presented with the reproduction of the identified stimuli and allows to better characterize them.The system - being pervasive in nature - makes the patient "less aware" about the artificial nature of the experiment and therefore does not affects the cognitive activity.c. A set of advanced and sophisticated signal processing algorithms enabling accurate characterization of stimulus-specific brainwave anomalies and connectivity between different brain regions and hence giving vivid insight into the process of information integration ability of the brain in a stimulus-specific way.d.The design of a personalized intervention protocol based on a heterogeneous strategy where well consolidated developmental/behavioural therapeutic approaches are combined with neurofeedback techniques and use also new ICT-based solutions.e. A set of unobtrusive tools for the continuous monitoring of the autistic children during the intervention program allowing its adaptation and personalization.f. Sophisticated algorithms applied to advanced imaging techniques (Diffusion Tensor Imaging and fMRI) which are used by the doctor to check the anatomical and functional connectivity of the brain at different steps during the therapy and assess its effectiveness.Finally the MICHELANGELO project will set the bases to validate the results of its research work in an exploratory study executed in Italy and in France. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processing Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.5.1 - Personal Health Systems (PHS) Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FIMI S.R.L. EU contribution € 476 385,00 Address VIA PISANI VITTOR 6 20124 MILANO Italy See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Silvio BONFIGLIO (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6 France EU contribution € 233 574,00 Address Place Jussieu 4 75252 PARIS See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mohamed Chetouani (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS France EU contribution € 109 692,00 Address 55 BOULEVARD DIDEROT 75012 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Val-de-Marne Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alix Pillot (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data I+ SRL Italy EU contribution € 411 420,00 Address PIAZZA PUCCINI 26 50100 FIRENZE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elena Tamburini (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 402 010,00 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eugenio Picano (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Fondazione Stella Maris Italy EU contribution € 402 500,00 Address Viale del Tirreno 331 56118 Pisa See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Roberto Cutajar (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACROSSLIMITS LTD Malta EU contribution € 180 725,00 Address TOWER BUSINESS CENTRE 2ND FL TOWER STREET SWATAR BKR 4013 Birkirkara See on map Region Malta Malta Malta Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angele Giuliano (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER United Kingdom EU contribution € 233 437,00 Address CROMORE ROAD BT52 1SA Coleraine See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Causeway Coast and Glens Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marie Patton (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 422 254,00 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yan Qiao (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data