Prediction of Fluid Intelligence from T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images

Sebastian Pölsterl, Benjamín Gutiérrez-Becker, Ignacio Sarasua, Abhijit Guha Roy, Christian Wachinger

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Abstract

We study predicting fluid intelligence of 9–10 year old children from T1-weighted magnetic resonance images. We extract volume and thickness measurements from MRI scans using FreeSurfer and the SRI24 atlas. We empirically compare two predictive models: (i) an ensemble of gradient boosted trees and (ii) a linear ridge regression model. For both, a Bayesian black-box optimizer for finding the best suitable prediction model is used. To systematically analyze feature importance our model, we employ results from game theory in the form of Shapley values. Our model with gradient boosting and FreeSurfer measures ranked third place among 24 submissions to the ABCD Neurocognitive Prediction Challenge. Our results on feature importance could be used to guide future research on the neurobiological mechanisms behind fluid intelligence in children.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development Neurocognitive Prediction - 1st Challenge, ABCD-NP 2019, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Proceedings
EditorsKilian M. Pohl, Ehsan Adeli, Wesley K. Thompson, Marius George Linguraru
PublisherSpringer
Pages35-46
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030319007
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event1st Challenge in Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Neurocognitive Prediction, ABCD-NP 2019, held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 13 Oct 201913 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11791 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st Challenge in Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Neurocognitive Prediction, ABCD-NP 2019, held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period13/10/1913/10/19

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