Employing Visual Analytics to Aid the Design of White Matter Hyperintensity Classifiers
R.G. Raidou (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation)
Hugo J. Kuijf (University Medical Center Utrecht)
N Sepasian (Eindhoven University of Technology)
N. Pezzotti (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation)
Willem H. Bouvy (University Medical Center Utrecht)
Marcel J. Breeuwer (Eindhoven University of Technology, Philips Healthcare)
A Vilanova Bartroli (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Eindhoven University of Technology)
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Abstract
Accurate segmentation of brain white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) is important for prognosis and disease monitoring. To this end, classifiers are often trained – usually, using T1 and FLAIR weighted MR images. Incorporating additional features, derived from diffusion weighted MRI, could improve classification. However, the multitude of diffusion-derived features requires selecting the most adequate. For this, automated feature selection is commonly employed, which can often be sub-optimal. In this work, we propose a different approach, introducing a semi-automated pipeline to select interactively features for WMH classification. The advantage of this solution is the integration of the knowledge and skills of experts in the process. In our pipeline, a Visual Analytics (VA) system is employed, to enable user-driven feature selection. The resulting features are T1, FLAIR, Mean Diffusivity (MD), and Radial Diffusivity (RD) – and secondarily, C S CS
and Fractional Anisotropy (FA). The next step in the pipeline is to train a classifier with these features, and compare its results to a similar classifier, used in previous work with automated feature selection. Finally, VA is employed again, to analyze and understand the classifier performance and results.
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