A new framework models multi-state events and biomarkers.
problem Limited representation of complex multi-state trajectories.
method General multi-state joint modeling framework.
result Accurate parameter recovery and personalized predictions.
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Adaptive Shrinkage Estimation For Personalized Deep Kernel Regression In Modeling Brain Trajectoriescs.LG
Novel framework predicts brain biomarker trajectories with superior performance.
problem Challenges in estimating longitudinal brain biomarker trajectories due to variability, inconsistencies, and irregular measurements.
method Personalized deep kernel regression with Adaptive Shrinkage Estimation.
result Superior predictive performance compared to state-of-the-art models.
Ensemble model predicts AD progression from CN status with high accuracy.
problem Early prediction of clinical progression from cognitively normal to mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.
method Ensemble survival analysis combining penalized Cox regression, advanced survival models, and aggregation techniques.
result Ensemble model achieved peak C-index of 0.907 and integrated time-dependent AUC of 0.904, outperforming baseline models.
Study compares neural and statistical models for Parkinson's disease progression from voice data.
problem Difficult statistical analysis of longitudinal voice biomarkers due to subject correlation, small cohorts, and varied disease trajectories.
method Evaluated Neural Mixed Effects (NME), Generalized Neural Network Mixed Models (GNMMs), and semi-parametric Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs).
result GAMMs achieve stronger predictive performance and retain interpretable smooth effects and subject-level structure.
Sparse high-dimensional linear mixed modeling with a partitioned empirical Bayes ECM algorithmstat.ME
Efficient Bayesian LMM framework for high-dimensional longitudinal data.
problem Scalability and dependence in high-dimensional longitudinal data.
method Partitioned empirical Bayes ECM algorithm for scalable MAP estimation.
result Identification of genes and clinical factors associated with a lupus biomarker.
Prediction of the future trajectory of a disease is an important challenge for personalized medicine and population health management. However, many complex chronic diseases exhibit large degrees of heterogeneity, and furthermore there is not always a single readily available biomarker to quantify disease severity. Eve…
Disease progression modeling (DPM) using longitudinal data is a challenging machine learning task. Existing DPM algorithms neglect temporal dependencies among measurements, make parametric assumptions about biomarker trajectories, do not model multiple biomarkers jointly, and need an alignment of subjects' trajectories…
Study uses machine learning to predict future health from various health data types.
problem Predicting future health using diverse health data types.
method Applied machine learning (neural networks and XGBoost) to longitudinal data from 6830 individuals.
result Health-related measures were the strongest predictors of future health status, while genetic data performed poorly.
Transformers improve Alzheimer's disease progression prediction by accounting for irregular biomarker histories.
problem Difficult prediction of medium-horizon Alzheimer's disease progression due to tied clinical scores and irregular biomarker observations.
method Developed a residual gap-aware transformer that combines statistical reference with transformer-based residual learning.
result The proposed model reduces mean error and improves prediction-observation correlation compared to baseline models.
Improved inter-scanner MS lesion segmentation through adversarial training.
problem Variability in MRI scanner or protocol differences affect automated lesion segmentation accuracy.
method Trained a CNN base model and a discriminator model adversarially on multi-scanner longitudinal data.
result Adversarial training improves inter-scanner consistency of lesion segmentations.
New framework predicts 5-year glucose values with missing data.
problem Significant missing data in longitudinal glucose studies.
method Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (RKHS) with missing responses analysis.
result Identifies new factors affecting long-term glucose evolution.
Predicts clinical events using a landmark approach with machine learning for large biomarker histories.
problem Dynamic prediction of clinical events from large biomarker histories.
method Landmark approach extended to endogenous markers history combined with machine learning methods for survival data.
result Superlearner combining regularized regressions and random survival forests outperforms standard survival models.
We study information theoretic methods for ranking biomarkers. In clinical trials there are two, closely related, types of biomarkers: predictive and prognostic, and disentangling them is a key challenge. Our first step is to phrase biomarker ranking in terms of optimizing an information theoretic quantity. This formal…
New method detects biomarker-treatment interactions in clinical trials.
problem Detecting interactions between high-dimensional biomarkers and treatments in randomized trials.
method Two-stage penalized regression screening using ridge regression for multivariate screening.
result Ridge regression screening provides greater power than traditional methods in correlated data.
A method to explain disease transformation using biomarker covariance matrices.
problem Understanding disease transformation from a healthy baseline.
method Modeling healthy and disease states of biomarker covariance matrices to characterize perturbations.
result Disease perturbs the biomarker covariance structure, allowing for mechanistic explanations and individual patient prognosis.
Neural network models improve ROC curve evaluation of biomarkers, focusing on age's role in physical activity-mortality association.
problem Improving biomarker evaluation using machine learning for complex relationships.
method Proposes neural network-based covariate-adjusted ROC modeling.
result Age has distinct effects on mortality outcomes when physical activity is measured as total activity time.
Paper proposes machine learning model for early Alzheimer's diagnosis.
problem Early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
method Machine learning models, demographic, biomarker, and cognitive test data.
result 90% accuracy and 87% accuracy in predicting Alzheimer's development.
Here we present DIVE: Data-driven Inference of Vertexwise Evolution. DIVE is an image-based disease progression model with single-vertex resolution, designed to reconstruct long-term patterns of brain pathology from short-term longitudinal data sets. DIVE clusters vertex-wise biomarker measurements on the cortical surf…
Enhances disease progression modeling using LLMs for complex brain connectivity.
problem Inaccurate predictions of disease spread due to oversimplified brain connectivity models.
method Uses LLMs to synthesize multi-modal relationships and learn disease trajectories from longitudinal data.
result Superior prediction accuracy and interpretability compared to traditional methods.
A tutorial on various methods for clustering longitudinal data.
problem Identifying groups with different trends in longitudinal data.
method Group-based trajectory modeling, growth mixture modeling, longitudinal k-means.
result Strengths, limitations, and model extensions of the methods are discussed.
Optimal biomarker combinations for treatment-selection can be derived by minimizing total burden to the population caused by the targeted disease and its treatment. However, when multiple biomarkers are present, including all in the model can be expensive and hurt model performance. To remedy this, we consider feature …
LPCI provides valid prediction intervals for longitudinal data.
problem Current conformal prediction methods for time series data lack cross-sectional coverage when applied to longitudinal datasets.
method Modeling residual data as a quantile fixed-effects regression problem, constructing prediction intervals with a trained quantile regressor.
result LPCI achieves valid cross-sectional coverage and outperforms existing benchmarks in terms of longitudinal coverage rates.
Noninvasive MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatments are promising alternatives to the surgical removal of malignant tumors. A significant challenge is assessing the viability of treated tissue during and immediately after MRgFUS procedures. Current clinical assessment uses the nonperfused volume (NPV) biomarke…
Develops a method to denoise and analyze wearable ECGs.
problem Noisy ECGs from wearable devices.
method Statistical model, beat-to-beat representation, factor analysis.
result Upper bound on performance quantified and compared.
Uncertainty-Calibrated Prediction of Randomly-Timed Biomarker Trajectories with Conformal Bandsstat.ML
Method predicts biomarker trajectories with uncertainty bands for Alzheimer's disease.
problem Uncertainty in biomarker predictions poses risks in clinical deployment.
method Conformal prediction for randomly-timed biomarker trajectories.
result Conformal bands achieve desired coverage and are tighter than baseline.
Proposes ConRad model for lung cancer classification using radiomics and interpretable machine learning.
problem Lack of interpretability in deep neural networks for cancer diagnosis.
method Integration of radiomics and DNN-predicted biomarkers in interpretable classifiers (ConRad).
result ConRad models outperform CNNs in five-fold cross-validation.
Finding the biomarkers associated with ASD is helpful for understanding the underlying roots of the disorder and can lead to earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatment. A promising approach to identify biomarkers is using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), which can be used to analyze graph structured data, i.e. brain ne…
Study identifies biomarkers for lung cancer in female non-smokers.
problem Identifying prognostic biomarkers for stage III NSCLC in non-smoking females.
method Gene expression profiling and XGBoost machine learning algorithm.
result Top biomarkers validated in literature, with AUC score of 0.835.
Prediction of cancer dynamics under treatment using Bayesian neural networks: A simulated studyq-bio.QM
Bayesian neural networks improve cancer dynamics prediction.
problem Predicting cancer dynamics under treatment due to heterogeneity and sparse data.
method Hierarchical Bayesian model using baseline covariates and Bayesian neural networks for nonlinear interactions.
result Bayesian neural networks outperform linear models in predicting cancer dynamics with interactions.
We introduce Disease Knowledge Transfer (DKT), a novel technique for transferring biomarker information between related neurodegenerative diseases. DKT infers robust multimodal biomarker trajectories in rare neurodegenerative diseases even when only limited, unimodal data is available, by transferring information from …
Precision medicine is becoming a focus in medical research recently, as its implementation brings values to all stakeholders in the healthcare system. Various statistical methodologies have been developed tackling problems in different aspects of this field, e.g., assessing treatment heterogeneity, identifying patient …
Obtaining magnetic resonance images (MRI) with high resolution and generating quantitative image-based biomarkers for assessing tissue biochemistry is crucial in clinical and research applications. How- ever, acquiring quantitative biomarkers requires high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which is at odds with high-resolut…
Discovering imaging biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is critical to help explain ASD and predict or monitor treatment outcomes. Toward this end, deep learning classifiers have recently been used for identifying ASD from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with higher accuracy than traditional lear…
Event-based models (EBM) are a class of disease progression models that can be used to estimate temporal ordering of neuropathological changes from cross-sectional data. Current EBMs only handle scalar biomarkers, such as regional volumes, as inputs. However, regional aggregates are a crude summary of the underlying hi…
GANs improve longitudinal data imputation but face challenges in missing data and class imbalance.
problem Missing data and class imbalance in longitudinal data.
method GANs applied to longitudinal data imputation (LDI).
result GANs show potential but need more versatile approaches.
Study compares resampling methods for rare event prediction in longitudinal studies.
problem Predicting rare events in longitudinal follow-up studies.
method Comparison of resampling methods to improve standard regression models.
result Effect of sampling rate on model predictive performance.
Modeling glucose distribution changes over time using neural ODEs.
problem Analyzing how continuous glucose distribution changes over time in diabetic patients.
method Combines Gaussian mixture, MMD, and Neural ODE to model temporal evolution of glucose distribution.
result Highly interpretable model detects subtle distribution shifts and remains computationally efficient.
latrend simplifies longitudinal clustering for numeric measurements.
problem Clustering of longitudinal data to identify common trends over time.
method Unified framework for applying various clustering methods.
result Facilitates comparison and rapid prototyping of new methods.
New method models longitudinal data using variational inference and normalizing flows.
problem Handling high-dimensional longitudinal data with time dependency.
method Variational inference with normalizing flows for latent variables.
result The method achieves better likelihood estimates and more reliable missing data imputation.
PR-GNN identifies salient brain regions for ASD biomarkers.
problem Identifying brain regions associated with neurological disorders.
method Pooling Regularized Graph Neural Network (PR-GNN) with novel salient region selection.
result PR-GNN outperforms baseline methods in ASD classification accuracy.
Deep neural networks are a family of computational models that have led to a dramatical improvement of the state of the art in several domains such as image, voice or text analysis. These methods provide a framework to model complex, non-linear interactions in large datasets, and are naturally suited to the analysis of…
Univariate and multivariate feature selection methods can be used for biomarker discovery in analysis of toxicant exposure. Among the univariate methods, differential expression analysis (DEA) is often applied for its simplicity and interpretability. A characteristic of methods for DEA is that they treat genes individu…
New method uses SHAP for biomarker identification in CATE models.
problem Identifying predictive biomarkers from observational data.
method Surrogate estimation approach using SHAP values for CATE meta-learners.
result SHAP accurately identifies biomarkers in high-dimensional data.
A Wide and Deep Neural Network for Survival Analysis from Anatomical Shape and Tabular Clinical Datacs.LG
We introduce a wide and deep neural network for prediction of progression from patients with mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. Information from anatomical shape and tabular clinical data (demographics, biomarkers) are fused in a single neural network. The network is invariant to shape transformations an…
The identification of predictive biomarkers from a large scale of covariates for subgroup analysis has attracted fundamental attention in medical research. In this article, we propose a generalized penalized regression method with a novel penalty function, for enforcing the hierarchy structure between the prognostic an…
While studying response trajectory, often the population of interest may be diverse enough to exist distinct subgroups within it and the longitudinal change in response may not be uniform in these subgroups. That is, the timeslope and/or influence of covariates in longitudinal profile may vary among these different sub…
The paper studies quandles over a hyperboloid and computes a knot invariant.
problem Computing knot invariants for specific algebraic structures.
method Defined quandles over a hyperboloid and computed a longitudinal mapping invariant.
result Computed a new knot invariant for .
We study regularized estimation in high-dimensional longitudinal classification problems, using the lasso and fused lasso regularizers. The constructed coefficient estimates are piecewise constant across the time dimension in the longitudinal problem, with adaptively selected change points (break points). We present an…