{"title":"A novel approach to venous clinical severity score prediction: combining metaheuristic algorithm and random forest classification.","authors":"Hao Zhu, Nianyun Zhang, Yuanzhen Ni, Qiang Sun","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2025.2514133","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Varicose veins stem from valve failure, with conventional treatments offering limited relief. Yoga, along with lifestyle and dietary changes, may help prevent and improve the condition. This study used Random Forest Classification to predict VCSS, a standard measure of chronic venous insufficiency severity. BWO and IAOA optimizers enhanced model performance, evaluated across four VCSS categories: absent, mild, moderate, and severe. The RFBW hybrid model, combining RFC and BW, showed the highest accuracy, supported by high precision scores of 0.917, 0.952, 0.976, and 1.000, highlighting its efficiency and reliability. Notably, the RFIA model showed results similar to the RFBW model.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2514133","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Varicose veins stem from valve failure, with conventional treatments offering limited relief. Yoga, along with lifestyle and dietary changes, may help prevent and improve the condition. This study used Random Forest Classification to predict VCSS, a standard measure of chronic venous insufficiency severity. BWO and IAOA optimizers enhanced model performance, evaluated across four VCSS categories: absent, mild, moderate, and severe. The RFBW hybrid model, combining RFC and BW, showed the highest accuracy, supported by high precision scores of 0.917, 0.952, 0.976, and 1.000, highlighting its efficiency and reliability. Notably, the RFIA model showed results similar to the RFBW model.
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The primary aims of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering are to provide a means of communicating the advances being made in the areas of biomechanics and biomedical engineering and to stimulate interest in the continually emerging computer based technologies which are being applied in these multidisciplinary subjects. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering will also provide a focus for the importance of integrating the disciplines of engineering with medical technology and clinical expertise. Such integration will have a major impact on health care in the future.