Technique for diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Abstract

A method of determining whether an individual has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, comprising: sampling the peripheral skin temperature of an individual during a pre-determined time interval when the subject is in an inactive state to provide sampled peripheral skin temperature data; dividing the data into a series of windows of equal time intervals across the pre-determined time interval; for each window applying a fast Fourier Transform algorithm (FFT) to produce a data set of FFT magnitudes and determining a range of FFT magnitude variation, which is the difference between the FFT magnitude at a frequency fmax and the FFT magnitude at the minimum frequency; aggregating the magnitude ranges for one of or less than all of the windows to produce an aggregate magnitude range value which is indicative of whether or not the individual has ADHD; wherein prior to sampling, if one or more of the following noises are present it is eliminated through manual or automatic means: self diversion, external stimulation, technical problems, sleep problems.

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