Multiple deep learning architectures achieve superior performance diagnosing autism spectrum disorder using features previously extracted from structural and functional mri

Cooper Mellema, Alex Treacher, Kevin Nguyen, Albert Montillo

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Abstract

The diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a subjective process requiring clinical expertise in neurodevelopmental disorders. Since such expertise is not available at many clinics, automated diagnosis using machine learning (ML) algorithms would be of great value to both clinicians and the imaging community to increase the diagnoses' availability and reproducibility while reducing subjectivity. This research systematically compares the performance of classifiers using over 900 subjects from the IMPAC database [1], using the database's derived anatomical and functional features to diagnose a subject as autistic or healthy. In total 12 classifiers are compared from 3 categories including: 6 nonlinear shallow ML models, 3 linear shallow models, and 3 deep learning models. When evaluated with an AUC ROC performance metric, results include: (1) amongst the shallow learning methods, linear models outperformed nonlinear models, agreeing with [2]. (2) Deep learning models outperformed shallow ML models. (3) The best model was a dense feedforward network, achieving 0.80 AUC which compares to the recently reported 0.79 \pm 0.01 AUC average of the top 10 methods from the IMPAC challenge [3]. These results demonstrate that even when using features derived from imaging data, deep learning methods can provide additional predictive accuracy over classical methods.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISBI 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1891-1895
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538636411
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019
Event16th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2019 - Venice, Italy
Duration: Apr 8 2019Apr 11 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Volume2019-April
ISSN (Print)1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)1945-8452

Conference

Conference16th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVenice
Period4/8/194/11/19

Keywords

  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Deep learning
  • MRI
  • Machine learning
  • Neuroimaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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