A novel computer vision approach to kinematic analysis of handwriting with implications for assessing neurodegenerative diseases

Handwriting kinematic analysis with digitizing tablets has been established as a biomarker for use in discriminative analysis between patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and healthy controls (HC). However, vision‐based systems offer a rapid diagnostic assessment and screening solution for neurodegenerative diseases (ND) in low‐income areas and resource‐poor health systems, while also providing further data about movements to increase assessment accuracy.