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Table 4 Application of machine learning based on imaging biomarker genomics in AD diagnosis and prognosis

From: A review of brain imaging biomarker genomics in Alzheimer’s disease: implementation and perspectives

Method

Year

Modality

Model

Dataset

CV

Neural location

Results

Machine learning

2010 [156]

sMRI, FDG PET, CSF, APOE genotype, age, sex, body mass index

SVM

HC: 213

AD: 158

MCI: 264

LOOCV

Hippocampal, ventricular,

temporal lobe

A maximum up to 90% accuracy for AD

2013 [155]

sMRI, FDG PET, CSF, APOE genotype

MRF

HC: 35

AD: 37

MCI: 75

Fourfold CV

Whole brain

An accuracy of 89% for AD

2014 [164]

sMRI, FDG PET,

CSF, SNP

SVM

HC: 47

AD: 49

MCI: 93

Tenfold

CV

Whole brain

An accuracy of 71% among HC, MCI and AD

2016 [157]

APOE genotype, neuropsychological assessment, sMRI, FDG PET

NB

HC: 112

AD: 144

sMCI: 265

pMCI: 177

independent test set

Whole brain

An accuracy of 87%  in identifying pMCI from sMCI

2017 [159]

sMRI, SNP

HYDRA

HC: 139

AD: 103

Hippocampus, entorhinal cortex

frontal lobe

The highest AUC value of 0.942 for AD

2017 [165]

sMRI, SNP

SVM

HC: 204

AD: 171

MCI: 362

Tenfold

CV

Whole brain

An accuracy of 80.8% identifying pMCI from sMCI

2019 [158]

fMRI, SNP

MRF

HC: 35

AD: 37

Olfactory cortex, insula, posterior cingulate gyrus and lingual gyrus

An accuracy of 87% AD prediction

2019 [154]

SNP

LASSO, KNN,

SVM

HC: 371

AD: 267

CV

The highest reached 0.72 of the AUC

2019 [166]

APOE, PET, PGS

LR

HC: 224

AD: 174

MCI: 344

Whole brain

An AUC value of 0.69 using PGS and APOE to predict amyloid state

2020 [167]

sMRI, FDG PET, AV45 PET, DTI, resting-state fMRI, APOE genotype

MKL

HC: 35

AD: 33 sMCI: 30

pMCI: 31

LOOCV

Whole brain

An accuracy of 96.9%  in identifying pMCI from sMCI

Deep learning

2017 [162]

SNP, sMRI

FDG PET

DFFF

HC: 226

AD: 190

MCI: 389

Twentyfold CV

Whole brain

An accuracy of 0.65 among HC, MCI and AD

2018 [68]

sMRI, SNP

NN

HC: 225

AD: 138

MCI: 358

Fivefold CV

16 ROIs (hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, amygdala, precuneus,  etc.)

An AUC value of 0.992 using combined features

2019 [161]

sMRI, demographic, neuropsychological assessment, APOE genotype data

CNN

HC: 184

AD: 192

sMCI: 228

pMCI: 181

Tenfold CV

Whole brain

An AUC value of 0.925 for pMCI prediction

2019 [160]

DTI, SNP

DCNN

HC: 100

AD: 51

Fivefold CV

Temporal lobes (including the hippocampus) and the ventricular system

The highest AUC value of 0.858

2021 [61]

MRI, SNP, electronic health records

CNN

ADNI

independent test set

Whole brain

A maximum up to 87% accuracy

  1. CNN convolutional neural network, CV cross validation, DCNN deep CNN, DFFF deep feature learning and fusion framework, HYDRA heterogeneity through discriminative analysis, LOOCV leave-one-out CV, MKL multiple kernel learning, MRF multimodal random forest, NN neural network, pMCI progressive MCI, sMCI stable MCI