Matrix completion method for analyzing longitudinal data.
problem Sparse and irregular longitudinal data in clinical and biomedical research.
method Iterative Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) for low-rank approximation.
result Approximates individual progression curves, explains 30% of variability.
In healthcare applications, temporal variables that encode movement, health status and longitudinal patient evolution are often accompanied by rich structured information such as demographics, diagnostics and medical exam data. However, current methods do not jointly optimize over structured covariates and time series …
Automated GMA using accelerometers detects abnormal infant movements with human-level accuracy.
problem Undetected perinatal stroke leads to lifelong disability.
method Wearable accelerometers and Discriminative Pattern Discovery (DPD) for automated GMA.
result Automated method correctly identifies abnormal movements with human-level accuracy.
Study uses stacked hourglass networks to improve facial landmark detection for medical diagnosis.
problem Improving accuracy of facial landmark detection for medical diagnosis.
method Conducted a study on landmark localisation methods using stacked hourglass networks.
result State-of-the-art stacked hourglass architecture outperforms traditional methods.
Wearable smart suit tracks infant movements with high accuracy.
problem Early detection of atypical motor development in infants.
method Developed a multi-sensor smart suit for data collection, trained a deep CNN algorithm for automatic posture and movement classification.
result Setup achieves human equivalent accuracy in infant posture and movement classification.
New model improves community detection in networks with strong assortativity.
problem Classic SBMs fail to recover assortative communities in networks with reduced information.
method Introduced a constrained SBM with strong assortativity constraints and efficient algorithms.
result Significant boost in community recovery capabilities, especially close to information-theoretic threshold.
The paper uses SHAP for interpreting machine learning models in hospital data.
problem Interpreting machine learning models in healthcare.
method SHAP for feature importance and feature packing techniques.
result SHAP provides better interpretability of machine learning models in healthcare.
We develop three efficient approaches for generating visual explanations from 3D convolutional neural networks (3D-CNNs) for Alzheimer's disease classification. One approach conducts sensitivity analysis on hierarchical 3D image segmentation, and the other two visualize network activations on a spatial map. Visual chec…
Semantic segmentation is an established while rapidly evolving field in medical imaging. In this paper we focus on the segmentation of brain Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) into cerebral structures using convolutional neural networks (CNN). CNNs achieve good performance by finding effective high dimensional image featu…
Brain Electroencephalography (EEG) classification is widely applied to analyze cerebral diseases in recent years. Unfortunately, invalid/noisy EEGs degrade the diagnosis performance and most previously developed methods ignore the necessity of EEG selection for classification. To this end, this paper proposes a novel m…
Improves MRI-based brain surface reconstruction with minimal deformation energy loss.
problem Ensuring optimal deformation energy and consistency in learning-based cortical surface reconstruction.
method Design and implementation of a Minimal Energy Deformation (MED) loss in the V2C-Flow model.
result Significant improvements in training consistency and reproducibility without sacrificing reconstruction accuracy and topological correctness.
The efficiency of deep machine learning for automatic delineation of tumor areas has been demonstrated for intraoperative neuronavigation using active IR-mapping with the use of the cold test. The proposed approach employs a matrix IR-imager to remotely register the space-time distribution of surface temperature patter…
Novel approach combines local and global brain changes for AD prediction.
problem Detecting Alzheimer's disease through local and global brain changes.
method Patch-based 3D-CNNs combined with global topological features for multi-scale brain tissue connectivity.
result Average precision score of 0.95 for classifying cognitively normal subjects and AD patients (prevalence ~55%).
Improved QSM maps from MRI using deep learning.
problem Inaccurate susceptibility maps due to ill-posed dipole inversion.
method 3D GAN with increased receptive field and WGAN with gradient penalty.
result Significantly better QSM maps from single orientation phase maps.
Convolutional neural networks (ConvNets) have demonstrated an exceptional capacity to discern visual patterns from digital images and signals. Unfortunately, such powerful ConvNets do not generalize well to arbitrary-shaped manifolds, where data representation does not fit into a tensor-like grid. Hence, many fields of…
Neurons and networks in the cerebral cortex must operate reliably despite multiple sources of noise. To evaluate the impact of both input and output noise, we determine the robustness of single-neuron stimulus selective responses, as well as the robustness of attractor states of networks of neurons performing memory ta…
Extends multivariate regression for tensor-variate data, identifying brain regions and facial characteristics.
problem Challenges in fitting regression models with multivariate responses and covariates.
method Low-rank tensor formats on regression coefficients and tensor-variate normal distribution for errors.
result Maximum likelihood estimators for tensor-on-tensor regression via block-relaxation algorithms.
Unified theory for training neural networks with binary synapses.
problem Discrete nature of synapses and complex interactions in neural networks.
method Variational mean-field theory decomposing learning into maximization and expectation steps.
result Unified framework for unsupervised learning in neural networks.
Improved fMRI activation detection for single-subject studies.
problem Challenges in detecting activation in low-signal fMRI studies.
method Model-based approach using MixfMRI R package.
result Reliable activation detection in single-subject fMRI studies.
Researchers share pitfalls and improvements in implementing Hinton's capsule network.
problem Implementation pitfalls in Hinton's capsule network hindered progress in the field.
method Identifying and addressing common mistakes in capsule network implementations.
result Improved implementation of Hinton's capsule network outperforms existing open-source implementations.
Deep neural network improves EEG-based epilepsy diagnosis.
problem Automated identification of seizure onset zones in epilepsy patients.
method Residual deep convolutional neural network trained on raw EEG data.
result State-of-the-art performance on epilepsy classification benchmarks.
Synthetic learning improves neonatal brain MRI segmentation robustness.
problem Challenges in neonatal brain MRI segmentation due to image contrast and anatomical variations.
method Synthetic learning model trained on few T2-weighted volumes, then enhanced with motion artifacts and over-segmentation.
result Synthetic learning robust to image contrast and improves segmentation of both T1- and T2-weighted images.