Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children

There are certain difficulties in differentiating between children's facial expression related to pain and other stimuli. In addition, the limited communication ability of children in the preverbal stage leads to misdiagnosis when the child feels pain, for example, post-surgical conditions. In...

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Main Authors: Carolina Jiménez-Moreno, Jenny Kateryne Aristizábal-Nieto, Olga Lucía Giraldo-Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas 2021-01-01
Series:Visión Electrónica
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Online Access:https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/visele/article/view/17425
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Jenny Kateryne Aristizábal-Nieto
Olga Lucía Giraldo-Salazar
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description There are certain difficulties in differentiating between children's facial expression related to pain and other stimuli. In addition, the limited communication ability of children in the preverbal stage leads to misdiagnosis when the child feels pain, for example, post-surgical conditions. In this article, a classification approach of facial expression of child pain is presented based on models of pre-trained convolutional neuronal networks from the study carried out in a Colombian hospital of level 4 (Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación), in the recovery areas of child surgery services. AlexNet and VGG (16, 19 and Face) networks are evaluated in the own dataset using the FLACC scale and their performances are compared in three experiments. The results show that the VGG-19 model achieves the best performance (92.9%) compared to the other networks. The effectiveness of the model and transfer learning for the classification of facial expression of child pain shows a promising solution for the assessment of post-surgical pain.
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spelling doaj.art-080eee49b2c747529a23e8b3dda4822a2023-06-16T20:33:26ZengUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasVisión Electrónica1909-97462248-47282021-01-0115171610.14483/22484728.1742513105Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in ChildrenCarolina Jiménez-Moreno0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-9358Jenny Kateryne Aristizábal-Nieto1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-1489Olga Lucía Giraldo-Salazar2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9897-8645Universidad de AntioquiaUniversidad de AntioquiaUniversidad de AntioquiaThere are certain difficulties in differentiating between children's facial expression related to pain and other stimuli. In addition, the limited communication ability of children in the preverbal stage leads to misdiagnosis when the child feels pain, for example, post-surgical conditions. In this article, a classification approach of facial expression of child pain is presented based on models of pre-trained convolutional neuronal networks from the study carried out in a Colombian hospital of level 4 (Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación), in the recovery areas of child surgery services. AlexNet and VGG (16, 19 and Face) networks are evaluated in the own dataset using the FLACC scale and their performances are compared in three experiments. The results show that the VGG-19 model achieves the best performance (92.9%) compared to the other networks. The effectiveness of the model and transfer learning for the classification of facial expression of child pain shows a promising solution for the assessment of post-surgical pain.https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/visele/article/view/17425artificial intelligenceassessment toolsfacial expressionpainpediatrics
spellingShingle Carolina Jiménez-Moreno
Jenny Kateryne Aristizábal-Nieto
Olga Lucía Giraldo-Salazar
Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
Visión Electrónica
artificial intelligence
assessment tools
facial expression
pain
pediatrics
title Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
title_full Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
title_fullStr Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
title_full_unstemmed Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
title_short Classification of Facial Expression of Post-Surgical Pain in Children
title_sort classification of facial expression of post surgical pain in children
topic artificial intelligence
assessment tools
facial expression
pain
pediatrics
url https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/visele/article/view/17425
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