用自适应收缩估计融合群体与个体模型,精准预测脑部生物标志物变化轨迹。
Adaptive Shrinkage Estimation For Personalized Deep Kernel Regression In Modeling Brain Trajectories
- 结合群体与个体模型,通过自适应收缩实现动态平衡。
- 在多个数据集上预测精度超越主流统计与深度学习方法。
- 适用于脑发育、疾病进展等纵向神经影像研究,尤其适合稀疏数据场景。
纵向生物医学研究通过长期追踪个体来捕捉大脑发育、疾病进展及治疗效果的动态变化。然而,由于生物差异、测量协议不一致(如不同MRI设备)、数据稀缺且采样不规则,脑生物标志物轨迹建模极具挑战。本文提出一种个性化深度核回归框架,用于预测区域体积等脑生物标志物。该方法包含两个核心组件:基于大规模多样人群的群体模型,以及刻画个体特异性的个体模型。为有效融合二者,提出自适应收缩估计,实现对群体与个体信息的最优权衡。通过预测精度、不确定性量化及外部临床研究验证,评估模型性能。基准对比显示,其在多项指标上优于线性混合效应模型、广义加性模型及深度学习方法。进一步应用于复合神经影像生物标志物轨迹预测,验证了方法的通用性。在三个外部神经影像研究中的验证也证实了其跨临床场景的鲁棒性。代码已开源:https://github.com/vatass/AdaptiveShrinkageDKGP。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Longitudinal biomedical studies monitor individuals over time to capture dynamics in brain development, disease progression, and treatment effects. However, estimating trajectories of brain biomarkers is challenging due to biological variability, inconsistencies in measurement protocols (e.g., differences in MRI scanners), scarcity, and irregularity in longitudinal measurements. Herein, we introduce a novel personalized deep kernel regression framework for forecasting brain biomarkers, with application to regional volumetric measurements. Our approach integrates two key components: a population model that captures brain trajectories from a large and diverse cohort, and a subject-specific model that captures individual trajectories. To optimally combine these, we propose Adaptive Shrinkage Estimation, which effectively balances population and subject-specific models. We assess our model's performance through predictive accuracy metrics, uncertainty quantification, and validation against external clinical studies. Benchmarking against state-of-the-art statistical and machine learning models -- including linear mixed effects models, generalized additive models, and deep learning methods -- demonstrates the superior predictive performance of our approach. Additionally, we apply our method to predict trajectories of composite neuroimaging biomarkers, which highlights the versatility of our approach in modeling the progression of longitudinal neuroimaging biomarkers. Furthermore, validation on three external neuroimaging studies confirms the robustness of our method across different clinical contexts. We make the code available at https://github.com/vatass/AdaptiveShrinkageDKGP.
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