New network learns image features inductively for disease classification.
problem Pre-processing image features limits network optimization.
method Inductive end-to-end learning with CNN and graph filters trained jointly.
result Significantly improved classification scores and higher stability.
Inductive graph-based approach for disease classification with incomplete data.
problem Classifying patients with incomplete multi-modal data.
method Multi-modal graph fusion trained end-to-end for node-level classification.
result Outperforms single static graph approach in multi-modal disease classification.
Paper uses TDA for automated Parkinson's disease classification and severity assessment.
problem Manual diagnosis of neurological diseases is time-consuming and inaccurate.
method Combines Topological Data Analysis (TDA) with machine learning on postural shift data.
result Proposes a stable and accurate method for classifying Parkinson's disease.
This paper considers the problem of brain disease classification based on connectome data. A connectome is a network representation of a human brain. The typical connectome classification problem is very challenging because of the small sample size and high dimensionality of the data. We propose to use simultaneous app…
This study evaluates handwriting features to diagnose Parkinson's disease.
problem Diagnosing Parkinson's disease through handwriting analysis.
method Kinematic, geometrical, and non-linear features were evaluated using K-nearest neighbors, support vector machines, and random forest classifiers.
result Up to 93.1% accuracy in classifying Parkinson's disease and healthy subjects.
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…
MOTGNN integrates multi-omics data for disease classification with improved accuracy and interpretability.
problem Challenges in integrating multi-omics data due to high dimensionality, heterogeneity, and lack of reliable interaction networks.
method MOTGNN uses XGBoost for graph construction, modality-specific GNNs for representation learning, and a deep feedforward network for cross-omics integration.
result MOTGNN outperforms state-of-the-art baselines by 5-10% in accuracy, ROC-AUC, and F1-score across three real-world disease datasets.
Improves disease progression prediction using auxiliary surrogate labels and health markers.
problem Challenges in predicting disease progression due to unknown true disease states.
method Integrates hidden Markov model with time-varying discriminative classification model.
result Significant improvement in distinguishing LBD from AD using objective markers.
StaPLR improves Alzheimer's disease classification by identifying important MRI scan types and measures.
problem Classifying Alzheimer's disease using multi-source MRI data.
method Stacked penalized logistic regression (StaPLR) with hierarchical multi-view structure and new view importance measure.
result StaPLR identifies the most important MRI scan types and measures for Alzheimer's disease classification.
MGMC method handles missing data in medical datasets for accurate disease classification.
problem Handling missing data in incomplete medical datasets for accurate disease classification.
method Multigraph Geometric Matrix Completion (MGMC) using multiple graph convolutional networks.
result MGMC achieves superior classification and imputation performance compared to state-of-the-art approaches.
MobileNet CNN achieves high accuracy in skin disease classification on Android.
problem Skin disease classification using smartphone technology.
method Transfer learning on MobileNet, imbalanced dataset handling (sampling and preprocessing), and data augmentation.
result Oversampling and data augmentation on preprocessing input data achieved 94.4% accuracy.
This study evaluates adversarial attacks and defenses for chest X-ray disease classification.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to adversarial examples in chest X-ray disease detection.
method Detailed introduction and evaluation of various attack and defense methods.
result Attack and defense methods perform poorly with excessive iterations and large perturbations.
Optimal model diagnoses funduscopic images for ocular diseases.
problem Binary classification of funduscopic images for ocular diseases.
method Transfer learning using Xception base architecture, Adam optimizer, mean squared error loss function, and custom heuristic equation.
result 90% accuracy, 94% sensitivity, and 86% specificity achieved.
A deep learning approach classifies medical images hierarchically.
problem Limitations of traditional supervised classifiers in medical image classification.
method Hierarchical Medical Image Classification (HMIC) using deep learning models.
result HMIC achieved better performance in classifying medical images hierarchically.
Machine learning improves CHD screening accuracy from 70% to 87.7%.
problem Predicting coronary heart disease using echocardiography and clinical features.
method Ensemble machine learning approach with model stacking and two-step stacking.
result Improved CHD classification accuracy from 70% to 87.7%.
Disease prediction or classification using health datasets involve using well-known predictors associated with the disease as features for the models. This study considers multiple data components of an individual's health, using the relationship between variables to generate features that may improve the performance o…
Hierarchical CNNs improve diagnosis of GI diseases from histopathological images.
problem Diagnosing GI diseases from histopathological images is challenging due to heterogeneity and shared features.
method Embedded a class hierarchy into a VGGNet to address the hierarchical structure of GI diseases.
result The hierarchical model achieved better results than a flat model for multi-category diagnosis of GI disorders.
Pre-trained model from healthy ADLs improves gait pattern classification for Parkinson's disease.
problem Limited training data for deep learning models in healthcare applications.
method Used convolutional autoencoder to extract features from healthy ADLs data and trained a multi-layer perceptron model for Parkinson's disease classification.
result Features extracted from healthy ADLs data can be used to train an effective classification model for Parkinson's disease.
engGNN combines external and generated graphs to improve disease classification and biomarker discovery.
problem Challenges in integrating omics data due to high dimensionality and small sample sizes.
method Dual-graph framework that integrates external biological networks with data-driven generated graphs.
result engGNN outperforms state-of-the-art methods in disease classification and biomarker discovery.
We investigate the automatic classification of patient discharge notes into standard disease labels. We find that Convolutional Neural Networks with Attention outperform previous algorithms used in this task, and suggest further areas for improvement.
New fair regression method improves fairness in chronic kidney disease classification.
problem Mitigating societal bias in health care for multiple groups.
method Penalized fair regression framework for multiple groups, with penalties for true positive rate disparity.
result Achieves fairness-accuracy frontier beyond existing methods in simulations and real-world data.
Deep learning detects Crohn's disease in MRI images.
problem Detecting Crohn's disease in MRI images.
method Residual Networks for feature extraction and soft attention mechanisms for interpretability.
result Deep learning algorithms perform comparably to clinical standards with faster inference.
Automated methods for Alzheimer's disease (AD) classification have the potential for great clinical benefits and may provide insight for combating the disease. Machine learning, and more specifically deep neural networks, have been shown to have great efficacy in this domain. These algorithms often use neurological ima…
The paper predicts diseases using both clinical and genomics data.
problem Clinical predictions using genomics data are not common.
method Integrated clinical and genomics datasets, machine learning, Principal Component Analysis for feature selection.
result 73% accuracy in predicting 75 disease classes.
Bayesian neural networks improve SHD classification and uncertainty quantification.
problem Improving screening for structural heart disease using noninvasive ECG and echocardiography.
method Comparing frequentist and Bayesian neural network classifiers on the EchoNext dataset.
result Bayesian classifiers provide more robust uncertainty quantification.
Due to the rapid innovation of technology and the desire to find and employ biomarkers for neurodegenerative disease, high-dimensional data classification problems are routinely encountered in neuroimaging studies. To avoid over-fitting and to explore relationships between disease and potential biomarkers, feature lear…
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%).
NEURO-DRAM improves neuroimaging classification accuracy.
problem Improper use of traditional computer vision models in neuroimaging.
method 3D recurrent visual attention model trained with reinforcement learning.
result NEURO-DRAM achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in Alzheimer's disease prediction.
It is crucial to provide compatible treatment schemes for a disease according to various symptoms at different stages. However, most classification methods might be ineffective in accurately classifying a disease that holds the characteristics of multiple treatment stages, various symptoms, and multi-pathogenesis. More…
Deep learning ensemble improves Alzheimer's disease classification accuracy.
problem Improving diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's disease.
method Proposes a deep ensemble learning framework integrating multisource data and expert wisdom.
result 4% improvement in classification accuracy compared to existing methods.
Deep neural network classifies DaTscan SPECT images for Parkinson's Disease.
problem Early diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease through objective analysis of SPECT images.
method InceptionV3 architecture with custom binary classifier, 10-fold cross validation.
result Deep neural network achieves high accuracy in classifying DaTscan SPECT images.
A new kernel measures brain network similarities, improving disease classification.
problem Lack of edge weight information in existing graph kernels for brain connectivity networks.
method Ordinal pattern kernel for weighted brain connectivity networks.
result The ordinal pattern kernel achieves better classification performance than state-of-the-art graph kernels.
This paper introduces a deep-learning based efficient classifier for common dermatological conditions, aimed at people without easy access to skin specialists. We report approximately 80% accuracy, in a situation where primary care doctors have attained 57% success rate, according to recent literature. The rationale of…
This paper reports the method and evaluation results of MedAusbild team for ISIC challenge task. Since early 2017, our team has worked on melanoma classification [1][6], and has employed deep learning since beginning of 2018 [7]. Deep learning helps researchers absolutely to treat and detect diseases by analyzing medic…
Paper introduces a framework for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using higher-order topological features from fMRI.
problem Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using brain network topology.
method Persistent homology to extract higher-order features (cycles, cavities) from fMRI data.
result Framework significantly outperforms existing methods in AD classification.
Study proposes deep learning techniques to diagnose and differentiate Celiac Disease and Environmental Enteropathy from biopsy images.
problem Challenging histopathologic overlap between Celiac Disease and Environmental Enteropathy in biopsy images.
method Color balancing and Random Multimodel Deep Learning (RMDL) architecture to address staining variability.
result Proposed deep learning techniques improve diagnosis accuracy of Celiac Disease and Environmental Enteropathy.
Alzheimer's disease is a major cause of dementia. Its diagnosis requires accurate biomarkers that are sensitive to disease stages. In this respect, we regard probabilistic classification as a method of designing a probabilistic biomarker for disease staging. Probabilistic biomarkers naturally support the interpretation…
In this paper, we demonstrate the potential of applying Variational Autoencoder (VAE) [10] for anomaly detection in skin disease images. VAE is a class of deep generative models which is trained by maximizing the evidence lower bound of data distribution [10]. When trained on only normal data, the resulting model is ab…
Arguably, unsupervised learning plays a crucial role in the majority of algorithms for processing brain imaging. A recently introduced unsupervised approach Deep InfoMax (DIM) is a promising tool for exploring brain structure in a flexible non-linear way. In this paper, we investigate the use of variants of DIM in a se…
WEST uses EHRs and expert cases to improve rare disease phenotyping.
problem Limited labeled data for rare diseases.
method Weakly supervised transformer model trained on probabilistic silver-standard labels.
result WEST outperforms existing methods in phenotype classification and subphenotyping.
Portable, Wearable and Wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) Systems have the potential to be used as point-of-care for cardiovascular disease diagnostic systems. Such wearable and wireless ECG systems require automatic detection of cardiovascular disease. Even in the primary care, automation of ECG diagnostic systems will …
QC-SPHARM detects Alzheimer's Disease early using hippocampal surface geometry.
problem Early detection of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) using hippocampal surface geometry.
method Spherical harmonics registration, conformality and curvature distortions quantification, t-test feature selection, SVM classification.
result 85.2% testing accuracy on ADNI data, 81.2% on aMCI progression data.
Paper uses ML to classify liver diseases from clinical data.
problem Classifying liver diseases from clinical data.
method Multiple imputation, PCA, data visualizations, binary classifier algorithms (ANN, RF, SVM).
result SVM showed better accuracy (98.23%).
Disease classification is a crucial element of biomedical research. Recent studies have demonstrated that machine learning techniques, such as Support Vector Machine (SVM) modeling, produce similar or improved predictive capabilities in comparison to the traditional method of Logistic Regression. In addition, it has be…
Graphs are widely used as a natural framework that captures interactions between individual elements represented as nodes in a graph. In medical applications, specifically, nodes can represent individuals within a potentially large population (patients or healthy controls) accompanied by a set of features, while the gr…
ChronoMID builds on the success of cross-modal convolutional neural networks (X-CNNs), making the novel application of the technique to medical imaging data. Specifically, this paper presents and compares alternative approaches - timestamps and difference images - to incorporate temporal information for the classificat…
Donor-aware scRNA-seq benchmarks improve classification accuracy in inflammatory bowel disease.
problem Influenza disease classification from scRNA-seq data is prone to donor-level confounding.
method Developed and evaluated three feature representations across two IBD cohorts.
result Compartment-stratified CLR composition and GatedStructuralCFN embeddings outperform linear models in classification accuracy.
We describe a new method to automatically discriminate between patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and elderly controls, based on multidimensional classification of hippocampal shape features. This approach uses spherical harmonics (SPHARM) coefficients to model the shape of the hi…