An image-aided diagnosis system for dementia classification based on multiple features and self-organizing map

Shih Ting Yang*, Jiann Der Lee, Chung Hsien Huang, Jiun Jie Wang, Wen Chuin Hsu, Yau Yau Wai

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Abstract

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered as a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia. MCI has a high risk to convert into Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the related research, the volumetric analysis of hippocampus is the most extensive study. However, the segmentation and identification of the hippocampus are highly complicated and time-consuming. Therefore, we designed a MRI-based classification framework to distinguish the patients of MCI and AD from normal individuals. First, volumetric features and shape features were extracted from MRI data. Afterward, Principle component analysis (PCA) was utilized to decrease the dimensions of feature space. Finally, a Self-organizing map classifier was trained for patient classification. By combining the volumetric features and shape features, the classification accuracy is reached to 86.76%, 66.67%, and 46.67% in AD, amnestic MCI (aMCI), and dysexecutive MCI (dMCI), respectively. In addition, with the help of PCA process, the classification result is improved to 93.63%, 73.33%, and 53.33% in AD, aMCI and dMCI, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing
Subtitle of host publicationModels and Applications - 17th International Conference, ICONIP 2010, Proceedings
Pages462-469
Number of pages8
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event17th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2010 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 22 11 201025 11 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6444 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2010
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period22/11/1025/11/10

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Mild cognitive impairment
  • Principle component analysis
  • Self-organizing map
  • Shape descriptors

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