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Single subject prediction of brain disorders in neuroimaging: Promises and pitfalls

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Arbabshirani, Mohammad R., Plis, Sergey, Sui, Jing, Calhoun, Vince D.·2017·NeuroImage

Abstract

Neuroimaging-based single subject prediction of brain disorders has gained increasing attention in recent years. Using a variety of neuroimaging modalities such as structural, functional and diffusion MRI, along with machine learning techniques, hundreds of studies have been carried out for accurate classification of patients with heterogeneous mental and neurodegenerative disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. More than 500 studies have been published during the past quarter century on single subject prediction focused on a multiple brain disorders. In the first part of this study, we provide a survey of more than 200 reports in this field with a focus on schizophrenia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD), depressive disorders, autism spectrum disease (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Detailed information about those studies such as sample size, type and number of extracted features and reported accuracy are summarized and discussed. To our knowledge, this is by far the most comprehensive review of neuroimaging-based single subject prediction of brain disorders. In the second part, we present our opinion on major pitfalls of those studies from a machine learning point of view. Common biases are discussed and suggestions are provided. Moreover, emerging trends such as decentralized data sharing, multimodal brain imaging, differential diagnosis, disease subtype classification and deep learning are also discussed. Based on this survey, there is extensive evidence showing the great potential of neuroimaging data for single subject prediction of various disorders. However, the main bottleneck of this exciting field is still the limited sample size, which could be potentially addressed by modern data sharing models such as the ones discussed in this paper. Emerging big data technologies and advanced data-intensive machine learning methodologies such as deep learning have coincided with an increasing need for accurate, robust and generalizable single subject prediction of brain disorders during an exciting time. In this report, we survey the past and offer some opinions regarding the road ahead.

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Authors
Arbabshirani, M. R., Plis, S., Sui, J., & Calhoun, V. D.
Affiliations
Mind Research Network (US)
Corresponding author
Arbabshirani, Mohammad R.
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-01
Volume
145
Issue
Pt B
Pages
137-165
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2310177520
Cited by
912
References
392
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • NeuroImage (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National High-tech Research and Development Program (2015AA020513)
  • National Institutes of Health (1R01DA040487, P20GM103472, R01EB005846, R01EB020407)
  • Kansas NSF EPSCoR (1539067)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81471367)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Keywords
neuroimaging, brain disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, depressive disorders, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, neurodegenerative diseases, machine learning, sample size limitations, data sharing, multimodal neuroimaging, differential diagnosis, disease subtype classification, deep learning, generalizability
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Brain Diseases, Humans, Neuroimaging

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