Deep learning-based feature representation for AD/MCI classification

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2013;16(Pt 2):583-90. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-40763-5_72.

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a great interest in computer-aided diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its prodromal stage, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Unlike the previous methods that consider simple low-level features such as gray matter tissue volumes from MRI, mean signal intensities from PET, in this paper, we propose a deep learning-based feature representation with a stacked auto-encoder. We believe that there exist latent complicated patterns, e.g., non-linear relations, inherent in the low-level features. Combining latent information with the original low-level features helps build a robust model for AD/MCI classification with high diagnostic accuracy. Using the ADNI dataset, we conducted experiments showing that the proposed method is 95.9%, 85.0%, and 75.8% accurate for AD, MCI, and MCI-converter diagnosis, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Alzheimer Disease / complications
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / complications
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity