CACTUS可早期精准分类老年黄斑变性,兼顾准确性与医生可理解性。
CACTUS as a Reliable Tool for Early Classification of Age-related Macular Degeneration
- 基于多源数据融合的可解释分类框架,整合基因、饮食等多维度信息。
- 在临床场景中验证,识别出关键风险因子并提升诊断置信度。
- 适合需要高可信度决策支持的医疗AI研发与临床协同优化场景。
机器学习(ML)广泛应用于疾病分类与预测任务,但其性能高度依赖大规模完整数据。然而,医疗数据常存在缺失或不完整问题,且模型可信度受数据集影响显著。部分模型缺乏透明性,难以被临床理解与采纳。对于影响数百万老年人的老年黄斑变性(AMD),早期诊断至关重要,因尚无有效逆转进展的治疗手段。诊断需结合视网膜图像与患者症状报告,并综合遗传、饮食、临床及人口统计因素。我们此前提出综合性抽象与分类工具CACTUS,旨在提升AMD分期分类能力。该工具具备可解释性与灵活性,优于传统机器学习模型,通过识别关键影响因素增强决策可信度。所提取的重要特征可与现有医学知识对比,并通过剔除低相关或有偏数据,构建临床反馈场景以消除偏差。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Machine Learning (ML) is used to tackle various tasks, such as disease classification and prediction. The effectiveness of ML models relies heavily on having large amounts of complete data. However, healthcare data is often limited or incomplete, which can hinder model performance. Additionally, issues like the trustworthiness of solutions vary with the datasets used. The lack of transparency in some ML models further complicates their understanding and use. In healthcare, particularly in the case of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), which affects millions of older adults, early diagnosis is crucial due to the absence of effective treatments for reversing progression. Diagnosing AMD involves assessing retinal images along with patients' symptom reports. There is a need for classification approaches that consider genetic, dietary, clinical, and demographic factors. Recently, we introduced the -Comprehensive Abstraction and Classification Tool for Uncovering Structures-(CACTUS), aimed at improving AMD stage classification. CACTUS offers explainability and flexibility, outperforming standard ML models. It enhances decision-making by identifying key factors and providing confidence in its results. The important features identified by CACTUS allow us to compare with existing medical knowledge. By eliminating less relevant or biased data, we created a clinical scenario for clinicians to offer feedback and address biases.
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