@inproceedings{5033b8c26ffd45a0a21eadd3b68f9040,
title = "When Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets AI: A Novel Depression Treatment Paradigm based on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation",
abstract = "As one of the non-pharmacological methods for treating major depressive disorder (MDD), transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) has been demonstrated to be utilized to relieve the depression symptoms. However, it is still a challenge to evaluate the therapeutic effect of tVNS. The existing studies mainly use scales and subjective interviews to assess depression treatment. The limitation of these methods is that they do not provide a precise and real-time assessment for therapeutic efforts. To this end, we have integrated embedded systems and machine learning models for depression classification to implement the tVNS system based on bioinformatic feedback. It not only stimulates the vagus nerve through electroacupuncture, but also offers a real-time evaluation of depression symptoms by prefrontal electroencephalography (EEG).",
keywords = "Affective Computing, Depressive Disorder, EEG, Eelectroacupuncture, Vagus Nerve",
author = "Lixian Zhu and Chang Yan and Xiaokun Jin and Fuze Tian and Yanan Zhao and Yu Ma and Yeqi Jia and Qunxi Dong and Peijing Rong and Kun Qian and Bin Hu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE.; 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2022 ; Conference date: 17-10-2022 Through 21-10-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/ACIIW57231.2022.10086034",
language = "English",
series = "2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2022",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2022",
address = "United States",
}