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In the brain, enlarged perivascular spaces (PVS) relate to cerebral small vessel disease, poor cognition, inflammation and hypertension. We propose a fully automatic scheme that uses a support vector machine(SVM) to classify the burden of PVS in the basal ganglia(BG) region as low or high. We assess the performance of three different types of descriptors extracted from the BG region in T2-weighted MRI images: 1)statistics obtained from Wavelet transform's coefficients, 2)local binary patterns and 3)bag of visual words (BoW)-based descriptors characterising local keypoints obtained from a dense grid with the scale-invariant feature transform characteristics. When the latter were used, the SVM classifier achieved the best accuracy (81.16%). The output from the classifier using the BoW descriptors was compared with visual ratings done by an experienced neuroradiologist (Observer 1) and by a trained image analyst (Observer 2). The agreement and cross-correlation between the classifier and Observer 2(kappa=0.67[0.58 0.76]) were slightly higher than between the classifier and Observer 1(kappa=0.62[0.53 0.72]) and comparable between both observers(kappa=0.68[0.61 0.75]). Three logistic regression models using clinical variables as independent variables and each of the PVS ratings as dependent variable assess how clinically meaningful were the predictions of the classifier. The goodness-of-fit of the model for the classifier was good (AUC values 0.93(model1), 0.90(model2) and 0.92(model3)) and slightly better (i.e. AUC values 0.02 units higher) than that of the model for Observer 2. These results suggest that, although it can be improved, our automatic classifier can provide clinically meaningful results close to those from a trained observer.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Clinical science |
Early online date | 3 May 2017 |
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Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 3 May 2017 |
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European Stroke Organisation Conference 2017
Maria Valdes Hernandez (Presenter), Victor Gonzalez Castro (Contributor) & Joanna Wardlaw (Contributor)
16 May 2017 → 18 May 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Maria Valdes Hernandez
- Deanery of Clinical Sciences - Lecturer in Medical Image Analysis
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Neuroscience
- Edinburgh Imaging
- Small Vessel Disease Research
Person: Academic: Research Active , Academic: Research Active (Research Assistant)