Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis via Deep Factorization Machine Models

Raphael Ronge, Kwangsik Nho, Christian Wachinger, Sebastian Pölsterl

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Abstract

The current state-of-the-art deep neural networks (DNNs) for Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis use different biomarker combinations to classify patients, but do not allow extracting knowledge about the interactions of biomarkers. However, to improve our understanding of the disease, it is paramount to extract such knowledge from the learned model. In this paper, we propose a Deep Factorization Machine model that combines the ability of DNNs to learn complex relationships and the ease of interpretability of a linear model. The proposed model has three parts: (i) an embedding layer to deal with sparse categorical data, (ii) a Factorization Machine to efficiently learn pairwise interactions, and (iii) a DNN to implicitly model higher order interactions. In our experiments on data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, we demonstrate that our proposed model classifies cognitive normal, mild cognitive impaired, and demented patients more accurately than competing models. In addition, we show that valuable knowledge about the interactions among biomarkers can be obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning in Medical Imaging - 12th International Workshop, MLMI 2021, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2021, Proceedings
EditorsChunfeng Lian, Xiaohuan Cao, Islem Rekik, Xuanang Xu, Pingkun Yan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages624-633
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030875886
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2021, held in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 27 Sep 202127 Sep 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12966 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference12th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2021, held in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period27/09/2127/09/21

Keywords

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Biomarkers
  • Factorization machines
  • Interactions

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