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{"title":"Sparse Deep Neural Network for Encoding and Decoding the Structural Connectome","authors":"Satya P. Singh;Sukrit Gupta;Jagath C. Rajapakse","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3366504","DOIUrl":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3366504","url":null,"abstract":"Brain state classification by applying deep learning techniques on neuroimaging data has become a recent topic of research. However, unlike domains where the data is low dimensional or there are large number of available training samples, neuroimaging data is high dimensional and has few training samples. To tackle these issues, we present a sparse feedforward deep neural architecture for encoding and decoding the structural connectome of the human brain. We use a sparsely connected element-wise multiplication as the first hidden layer and a fixed transform layer as the output layer. The number of trainable parameters and the training time is significantly reduced compared to feedforward networks. We demonstrate superior performance of this architecture in encoding the structural connectome implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) from DTI brain scans. For decoding, we propose recursive feature elimination (RFE) algorithm based on DeepLIFT, layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP), and Integrated Gradients (IG) algorithms to remove irrelevant features and thereby identify key biomarkers associated with AD and PD. We show that the proposed architecture reduces 45.1% and 47.1% of the trainable parameters compared to a feedforward DNN with an increase in accuracy by 2.6 % and 3.1% for cognitively normal (CN) vs AD and CN vs PD classification, respectively. We also show that the proposed RFE method leads to a further increase in accuracy by 2.1% and 4% for CN vs AD and CN vs PD classification, while removing approximately 90% to 95% irrelevant features. Furthermore, we argue that the biomarkers (i.e., key brain regions and connections) identified are consistent with previous literature. We show that relevancy score-based methods can yield high discriminative power and are suitable for brain decoding. We also show that the proposed approach led to a reduction in the number of trainable network parameters, an increase in classification accuracy, and a detection of brain connections and regions that were consistent with earlier studies.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"371-381"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10440083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139953798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optical Imaging Demonstrates Tissue-Specific Metabolic Perturbations in Mblac1 Knockout Mice","authors":"Busenur Ceyhan;Parisa Nategh;Mehrnoosh Neghabi;Jacob A. LaMar;Shalaka Konjalwar;Peter Rodriguez;Maureen K. Hahn;Matthew Gross;Gregory Grumbar;Kenneth J. Salleng;Randy D. Blakely;Mahsa Ranji","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3355962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3355962","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Metabolic changes have been extensively documented in neurodegenerative brain disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Mutations in the C. elegans swip-10 gene result in dopamine (DA) dependent motor dysfunction accompanied by DA neuron degeneration. Recently, the putative human ortholog of swip-10 (MBLAC1) was implicated as a risk factor in AD, a disorder that, like PD, has been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. Interestingly, the AD risk associated with MBLAC1 arises in subjects with cardiovascular morbidity, suggesting a broader functional insult arising from reduced MBLAC1 protein expression and one possibly linked to metabolic alterations. Methods: Our current studies, utilizing Mblac1 knockout (KO) mice, seek to determine whether mitochondrial respiration is affected in the peripheral tissues of these mice. We quantified the levels of mitochondrial coenzymes, NADH, FAD, and their redox ratio (NADH/FAD, RR) in livers and kidneys of wild-type (WT) mice and their homozygous KO littermates of males and females, using 3D optical cryo-imaging. Results: Compared to WT, the RR of livers from KO mice was significantly reduced, without an apparent sex effect, driven predominantly by significantly lower NADH levels. In contrast, no genotype and sex differences were observed in kidney samples. Serum analyses of WT and KO mice revealed significantly elevated glucose levels in young and aged KO adults and diminished cholesterol levels in the aged KOs, consistent with liver dysfunction. Discussion/Conclusion: As seen with C. elegans swip-10 mutants, loss of MBLAC1 protein results in metabolic changes that are not restricted to neural cells and are consistent with the presence of peripheral comorbidities accompanying neurodegenerative disease in cases where MBLAC1 expression changes impact risk.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"298-305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10436707","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139744728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Compliant Intramedullary Stems for Joint Reconstruction","authors":"John A. Mccullough;Brandon T. Peterson;Alexander M. Upfill-Brown;Thomas J. Hardin;Jonathan B. Hopkins;Nelson F. Soohoo;Tyler R. Clites","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3365305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3365305","url":null,"abstract":"The longevity of current joint replacements is limited by aseptic loosening, which is the primary cause of non-infectious failure for hip, knee, and ankle arthroplasty. Aseptic loosening is typically caused either by osteolysis from particulate wear, or by high shear stresses at the bone-implant interface from over-constraint. Our objective was to demonstrate feasibility of a compliant intramedullary stem that eliminates over-constraint without generating particulate wear. The compliant stem is built around a compliant mechanism that permits rotation about a single axis. We first established several models to understand the relationship between mechanism geometry and implant performance under a given angular displacement and compressive load. We then used a neural network to identify a design space of geometries that would support an expected 100-year fatigue life inside the body. We additively manufactured one representative mechanism for each of three anatomic locations, and evaluated these prototypes on a KR-210 robot. The neural network predicts maximum stress and torsional stiffness with 2.69% and 4.08% error respectively, relative to finite element analysis data. We identified feasible design spaces for all three of the anatomic locations. Simulated peak stresses for the three stem prototypes were below the fatigue limit. Benchtop performance of all three prototypes was within design specifications. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of designing patient- and joint-specific compliant stems that address the root causes of aseptic loosening. Guided by these results, we expect the use of compliant intramedullary stems in joint reconstruction technology to increase implant lifetime.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"314-327"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10433175","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139942667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design and In Vitro Validation of an Orthopaedic Drill Guide for Femoral Stem Revision in Total Hip Arthroplasty","authors":"Jan-Willem Klok;Jessica Groenewegen;Olivier Temmerman;Niels Van Straten;Bart Van Straten;Jenny Dankelman;Tim Horeman","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3365300","DOIUrl":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3365300","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) demonstrates superior survival rates compared to uncemented procedures. Nevertheless, most younger patients opt for uncemented THA, as removing well-fixed bone cement in the femur during revisions is complex, particularly the distal cement plug. This removal procedure often increases the risk of femoral fracture or perforation, haemorrhage and weakening bone due to poor drill control and positioning. Aim of this study was to design a novel drill guide to improve drill positioning. Methods and procedures: A novel orthopaedic drill guide was developed, featuring a compliant centralizer activated by a drill guide actuator. Bone models were prepared to assess centralizing performance. Three conditions were tested: drilling without guidance, guided drilling with centralizer activation held, and guided drilling with centralizer activation released. Deviations from the bone centre were measured at the entry and exit point of the drill. Results: In the centralizing performance test, the drill guide significantly reduced drill hole deviations in both entry and exit points compared to the control (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$p &lt; 0.05$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000). The absolute deviation on the exit side of the cement plug was 10.59mm (SD 1.56) for the ‘No drill guide‘ condition, 3.02mm (SD 2.09) for ‘Drill guide – hold‘ and 2.12mm (SD 1.71) for ‘Drill guide – release‘. The compliant drill guide centralizer significantly lowered the risk of cortical bone perforation during intramedullary canal drilling in the bone models due to better control of the cement drill position. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement: The drill guide potentially reduces perioperative risks in cemented femoral stem revision. Future research should identify optimal scenarios for its application.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"340-347"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10433182","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139953799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deep Learning-Based, Multiclass Approach to Cancer Classification on Liquid Biopsy Data","authors":"Maksym A. Jopek;Krzysztof Pastuszak;Sebastian Cygert;Myron G. Best;Thomas Wurdinger;Jacek Jassem;Anna J. Żaczek;Anna Supernat","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3360865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3360865","url":null,"abstract":"The field of cancer diagnostics has been revolutionized by liquid biopsies, which offer a bridge between laboratory research and clinical settings. These tests are less invasive than traditional biopsies and more convenient than routine imaging methods. Liquid biopsies allow studying of tumor-derived markers in bodily fluids, enabling the development of more precise cancer diagnostic tests for screening, disease monitoring, and therapy personalization. This study presents a multiclass approach based on deep learning to analyze and classify diseases based on blood platelet RNA. Its primary objective is to enhance cancer-type diagnosis in clinical settings by leveraging the power of deep learning combined with high-throughput sequencing of liquid biopsy. Ultimately, the study demonstrates the potential of this approach to accurately identify the patient’s type of cancer. Methods: The developed method classifies patients using heatmap images, generated based on gene expression arranged according to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways. The images represent samples of patients with ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and sarcoma, as well as cancer patients with brain metastasis. Results: Our deep learning-based models reached 66.51% balanced accuracy when distinguishing between those 6 sites of cancer origin and 90.5% balanced accuracy on a location-specific dataset where cancer types from close locations were grouped. The developed models were further investigated with an explainable artificial intelligence-based approach (XAI) - SHAP. They returned a set of 60 genes with the highest impact on the models’ decision-making process. Conclusions: Our results show that deep-learning methods are a promising opportunity for cancer detection and could support clinicians’ decision-making process in finding the solution for the black-box problem. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement— Utilizing TEPs-based liquid biopsies and deep learning, our study offers a novel approach to early cancer detection, highlighting cancer origin. The integration of Explainable AI reinforces trust in predictive outcomes. Category: Early/Pre-Clinical Research.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"306-313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10418148","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139738978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Executive Functions Assessment Based on Wireless EEG and 3D Gait Analysis During Dual-Task: A Feasibility Study","authors":"Pasquale Arpaia;Renato Cuocolo;Allegra Fullin;Ludovica Gargiulo;Francesca Mancino;Nicola Moccaldi;Ersilia Vallefuoco;Paolo De Blasiis","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3357287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3357287","url":null,"abstract":"Executive functions (EFs) are neurocognitive processes planning and regulating daily life actions. Performance of two simultaneous tasks, requiring the same cognitive resources, lead to a cognitive fatigue. Several studies investigated cognitive-motor task and the interference during walking, highlighting an increasing risk of falls especially in elderly and people with neurological diseases. A few studies instrumentally explored relationship between activation-no-activation of two EFs (working memory and inhibition) and spatial-temporal gait parameters. Aim of our study was to detect activation of inhibition and working memory during progressive difficulty levels of cognitive tasks and spontaneous walking using, respectively, wireless electroencephalography (EEG) and 3D-gait analysis. Thirteen healthy subjects were recruited. Two cognitive tasks were performed, activating inhibition (Go-NoGo) and working memory (N-back). EEG features (absolute and relative power in different bands) and kinematic parameters (7 spatial-temporal ones and Gait Variable Score for 9 range of motion of lower limbs) were analyzed. A significant decrease of stride length and an increase of external-rotation of foot progression were found during dual task with Go-NoGo. Moreover, a significant correlation was found between the relative power in the delta band at channels Fz, C4 and progressive difficulty levels of Go-NoGo (activating inhibition) during walking, whereas working memory showed no correlation. This study reinforces the hypothesis of the prevalent involvement of inhibition with respect to working memory during dual task walking and reveals specific kinematic adaptations. The foundations for EEG-based monitoring of cognitive processes involved in gait are laid. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement: Clinical and instrumental evaluation and training of executive functions (as inhibition), during cognitive-motor task, could be useful for rehabilitation treatment of gait disorder in elderly and people with neurological disease.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"268-278"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10411910","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139676113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NeuroDiag: Software for Automated Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease Using Handwriting","authors":"Quoc Cuong Ngo;Nicole McConnell;Mohammod Abdul Motin;Barbara Polus;Arup Bhattacharya;Sanjay Raghav;Dinesh Kant Kumar","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3355432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3355432","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: A change in handwriting is an early sign of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, significant inter-person differences in handwriting make it difficult to identify pathological handwriting, especially in the early stages. This paper reports the testing of NeuroDiag, a software-based medical device, for the automated detection of PD using handwriting patterns. NeuroDiag is designed to direct the user to perform six drawing and writing tasks, and the recordings are then uploaded onto a server for analysis. Kinematic information and pen pressure of handwriting are extracted and used as baseline parameters. NeuroDiag was trained based on 26 PD patients in the early stage of the disease and 26 matching controls. Methods: Twenty-three people with PD (PPD) in their early stage of the disease, 25 age-matched healthy controls (AMC), and 7 young healthy controls were recruited for this study. Under the supervision of a consultant neurologist or their nurse, the participants used NeuroDiag. The reports were generated in real-time and tabulated by an independent observer. Results: The participants were able to use NeuroDiag without assistance. The handwriting data was successfully uploaded to the server where the report was automatically generated in real-time. There were significant differences in the writing speed between PPD and AMC (P<0.001). NeuroDiag showed 86.96% sensitivity and 76.92% specificity in differentiating PPD from those without PD. Conclusion: In this work, we tested the reliability of NeuroDiag in differentiating between PPD and AMC for real-time applications. The results show that NeuroDiag has the potential to be used to assist neurologists and for telehealth applications. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement — This pre-clinical study shows the feasibility of developing a community-wide screening program for Parkinson’s disease using automated handwriting analysis software, NeuroDiag.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"291-297"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10403837","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variation in the Photoplethysmogram Response to Arousal From Sleep Depending on the Cause of Arousal and the Presence of Desaturation","authors":"Mieli Luukinen;Henna Pitkänen;Timo Leppänen;Juha Töyräs;Anna Sigridur Islind;Samu Kainulainen;Henri Korkalainen","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3349916","DOIUrl":"10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3349916","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The aim of this study was to assess how the photoplethysmogram frequency and amplitude responses to arousals from sleep differ between arousals caused by apneas and hypopneas with and without blood oxygen desaturations, and spontaneous arousals. Stronger arousal causes were hypothesized to lead to larger and faster responses. Methods and procedures: Photoplethysmogram signal segments during and around respiratory and spontaneous arousals of 876 suspected obstructive sleep apnea patients were analyzed. Logistic functions were fit to the mean instantaneous frequency and instantaneous amplitude of the signal to detect the responses. Response intensities and timings were compared between arousals of different causes. Results: The majority of the studied arousals induced photoplethysmogram responses. The frequency response was more intense (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>${p} &lt; 0.001$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000) after respiratory than spontaneous arousals, and after arousals caused by apneas compared to those caused by hypopneas. The amplitude response was stronger (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>${p} &lt; 0.001$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000) following hypopneas associated with blood oxygen desaturations compared to those that were not. The delays of these responses relative to the electroencephalogram arousal start times were the longest (\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>${p} &lt; 0.001$ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000) after arousals caused by apneas and the shortest after spontaneous arousals and arousals caused by hypopneas without blood oxygen desaturations. Conclusion: The presence and type of an airway obstruction and the presence of a blood oxygen desaturation affect the intensity and the timing of photoplethysmogram responses to arousals from sleep. Clinical impact: The photoplethysmogram responses could be used for detecting arousals and assessing their intensity, and the individual variation in the response intensity and timing may hold diagnostically significant information.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"328-339"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10380637","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139953793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contrastive Transfer Learning for Prediction of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients","authors":"Hojjat Salehinejad;Anne M. Meehan;Pedro J. Caraballo;Bijan J. Borah","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3344035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3344035","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Deterioration index (DI) is a computer-generated score at a specific frequency that represents the overall condition of hospitalized patients using a variety of clinical, laboratory and physiologic data. In this paper, a contrastive transfer learning method is proposed and validated for early prediction of adverse events in hospitalized patients using DI scores. Methods and procedures: An unsupervised contrastive learning (CL) model with a classifier is proposed to predict adverse outcome using a single temporal variable (DI scores). The model is pretrained on an unsupervised fashion with large-scale time series data and fine-tuned with retrospective DI score data. Results: The performance of this model is compared with supervised deep learning models for time series classification. Results show that unsupervised contrastive transfer learning with a classifier outperforms supervised deep learning solutions. Pretraining of the proposed CL model with large-scale time series data and fine-tuning that with DI scores can enhance prediction accuracy. Conclusion: A relationship exists between longitudinal DI scores of a patient and the corresponding outcome. DI scores and contrastive transfer learning can be used to predict and prevent adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients. Clinical impact: This paper successfully developed an unsupervised contrastive transfer learning algorithm for prediction of adverse events in hospitalized patients. The proposed model can be deployed in hospitals as an early warning system for preemptive intervention in hospitalized patients, which can mitigate the likelihood of adverse outcomes.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"215-224"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10363391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139034302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multitask and Transfer Learning Approach for Joint Classification and Severity Estimation of Dysphonia","authors":"Dosti Aziz;Sztahó Dávid","doi":"10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3340345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3340345","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Despite speech being the primary communication medium, it carries valuable information about a speaker’s health, emotions, and identity. Various conditions can affect the vocal organs, leading to speech difficulties. Extensive research has been conducted by voice clinicians and academia in speech analysis. Previous approaches primarily focused on one particular task, such as differentiating between normal and dysphonic speech, classifying different voice disorders, or estimating the severity of voice disorders. Methods and procedures: This study proposes an approach that combines transfer learning and multitask learning (MTL) to simultaneously perform dysphonia classification and severity estimation. Both tasks use a shared representation; network is learned from these shared features. We employed five computer vision models and changed their architecture to support multitask learning. Additionally, we conducted binary ‘healthy vs. dysphonia’ and multiclass ‘healthy vs. organic and functional dysphonia’ classification using multitask learning, with the speaker’s sex as an auxiliary task. Results: The proposed method achieved improved performance across all classification metrics compared to single-task learning (STL), which only performs classification or severity estimation. Specifically, the model achieved F1 scores of 93% and 90% in MTL and STL, respectively. Moreover, we observed considerable improvements in both classification tasks by evaluating beta values associated with the weight assigned to the sex-predicting auxiliary task. MTL achieved an accuracy of 77% compared to the STL score of 73.2%. However, the performance of severity estimation in MTL was comparable to STL. Conclusion: Our goal is to improve how voice pathologists and clinicians understand patients’ conditions, make it easier to track their progress, and enhance the monitoring of vocal quality and treatment procedures. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement: By integrating both classification and severity estimation of dysphonia using multitask learning, we aim to enable clinicians to gain a better understanding of the patient’s situation, effectively monitor their progress and voice quality.","PeriodicalId":54255,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine-Jtehm","volume":"12 ","pages":"233-244"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10347235","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139034042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}