Autoencoder imputation of missing heterogeneous data for Alzheimer's disease classification.

Autor: Haridas NT; Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems Ulster University, Magee campus Derry∼Londonderry Northern Ireland UK., Sanchez-Bornot JM; Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems Ulster University, Magee campus Derry∼Londonderry Northern Ireland UK., McClean PL; Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine Ulster University, Magee campus Derry∼Londonderry Northern Ireland UK., Wong-Lin K; Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems Ulster University, Magee campus Derry∼Londonderry Northern Ireland UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Healthcare technology letters [Healthc Technol Lett] 2024 Sep 15; Vol. 11 (6), pp. 452-460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 15 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1049/htl2.12091
Abstrakt: Missing Alzheimer's disease (AD) data is prevalent and poses significant challenges for AD diagnosis. Previous studies have explored various data imputation approaches on AD data, but the systematic evaluation of deep learning algorithms for imputing heterogeneous and comprehensive AD data is limited. This study investigates the efficacy of denoising autoencoder-based imputation of missing key features of heterogeneous data that comprised tau-PET, MRI, cognitive and functional assessments, genotype, sociodemographic, and medical history. The authors focused on extreme (≥40%) missing at random of key features which depend on AD progression; identified as the history of a mother having AD, APoE ε4 alleles, and clinical dementia rating. Along with features selected using traditional feature selection methods, latent features extracted from the denoising autoencoder are incorporated for subsequent classification. Using random forest classification with 10-fold cross-validation, robust AD predictive performance of imputed datasets (accuracy: 79%-85%; precision: 71%-85%) across missingness levels, and high recall values with 40% missingness are found. Further, the feature-selected dataset using feature selection methods, including autoencoder, demonstrated higher classification score than that of the original complete dataset. These results highlight the effectiveness and robustness of autoencoder in imputing crucial information for reliable AD prediction in AI-based clinical decision support systems.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Healthcare Technology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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