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Appropriate treatment is only possible when there is an accurate diagnosis. Thus, a need exists for a technique to analyze tremors. In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach using imaging technology and machine learning techniques for quantification and extraction of the parameters associated with tremors. These extracted parameters are used to classify the tremor for subsequent identification of the disease. In particular, we focus on essential tremor and cerebellar disorders by monitoring the finger\u2013nose\u2013finger test. First of all, test results obtained from both patients and healthy individuals are analyzed using image processing techniques. Next, data were grouped in order to determine classes of typical responses. A machine learning method using a support vector machine is used to perform an unsupervised clustering. Experimental results showed the highest internal evaluation for distribution into three clusters, which could be used to differentiate the responses of healthy subjects, patients with essential tremor and patients with cerebellar disorders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20226684","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,23]],"date-time":"2020-11-23T01:28:48Z","timestamp":1606094928000},"page":"6684","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Imaging Tremor Quantification for Neurological Disease Diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Yuichi","family":"Mitsui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3435-2197","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thi Thi","family":"Zin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1302-4151","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nobuyuki","family":"Ishii","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6453-7569","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hitoshi","family":"Mochizuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"34","DOI":"10.1016\/j.spen.2018.02.002","article-title":"Tremors: Essential Tremor and Beyond","volume":"Volume 25","author":"Miskin","year":"2018","journal-title":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"343","DOI":"10.1615\/CritRevBiomedEng.v35.i5.10","article-title":"A review on techniques for tremor recording and quantification","volume":"35","author":"Mansur","year":"2007","journal-title":"Crit. 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