Multi-stage biomarker models for progression estimation in Alzheimer’s disease
Schmidt-Richberg A, Guerrero R, Ledig C, Molina-Abril H, Frangi AF, Rueckert D (2015)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Publisher: Springer
Book Volume: 9123
Pages Range: 387-398
Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Event location: Isle of Skye, GBR
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19992-4_30
Abstract
The estimation of disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on a vector of quantitative biomarkers is of high interest to clinicians, patients, and biomedical researchers alike. In this work, quantile regression is employed to learn statistical models describing the evolution of such biomarkers. Two separate models are constructed using (1) subjects that progress from a cognitively normal (CN) stage to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and (2) subjects that progress from MCI to AD during the observation window of a longitudinal study. These models are then automatically combined to develop a multi-stage disease progression model for the whole disease course. A probabilistic approach is derived to estimate the current disease progress (DP) and the disease progression rate (DPR) of a given individual by fitting any acquired biomarkers to these models. A particular strength of this method is that it is applicable even if individual biomarker measurements are missing for the subject. Employing cognitive scores and image-based biomarkers, the presented method is used to estimate DP and DPR for subjects from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Further, the potential use of these values as features for different classification tasks is demonstrated. For example, accuracy of 64% is reached for CN vs. MCI vs. AD classification.
Involved external institutions
Imperial College London / The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
United Kingdom (GB)
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom (GB)
United Kingdom (GB)
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom (GB)
How to cite
APA:
Schmidt-Richberg, A., Guerrero, R., Ledig, C., Molina-Abril, H., Frangi, A.F., & Rueckert, D. (2015). Multi-stage biomarker models for progression estimation in Alzheimer’s disease. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 387-398). Isle of Skye, GBR: Springer.
MLA:
Schmidt-Richberg, Alexander, et al. "Multi-stage biomarker models for progression estimation in Alzheimer’s disease." Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2015, Isle of Skye, GBR Springer, 2015. 387-398.
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