A multi-layer binary model with adaptive metabolite selection for multi-type brain tumour classification

Teddy Zhao, Shivaram Avula, Simon Bailey, Sara Burling, Tim Jaspan, Lesley MacPherson, Dipayan Mitra, Paul S. Morgan, Barry L Pizer, Rui Shen, Martin Wilson, Lara Worthington, Theodoros Arvanitis, Andrew Peet, John Apps

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Abstract

Motivation: Accurate classification of multi-type brain tumours through in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy remains a significant challenge. Conventional machine learning classifiers consider all reliably observed metabolites as features and classify all brain tumours simultaneously, but their performance is limited for rare tumour types.
Goal(s): This abstract presents a novel multi-layer classification model, binary adaptive metabolite selection (BAMS), for better identifying rare tumour types.
Approach: BAMS generalises the problem by considering only one specific brain tumour type and selecting significant biomarkers in each layer iteratively and dynamically.
Results: In comparison to classic models, BAMS showed significantly improved diagnostic performance for rare brain tumour types.
Impact: A brain tumour classification method that can only work on main types and cannot determine rare types is unlikely to be useful for clinicians. This abstract introduces BAMS that can significantly improve diagnostic performance for rare brain tumour types
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProc Intl Magn Reson Med
PublisherInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 31 Jan 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence

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