Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD) is a neurological disorder of unknown pathophysiology, characterized by involuntary spasms in laryngeal muscles predominantly during speaking. Neural markers of SD are non-existent, resulting in significant delays in diagnosis and treatment of this disorder.
Background – Diagnosing spasmodic dysphonia is a challenging task
Automatic Diagnosis of Spasmodic Dysphonia with Structural MRI and Machine Learning
Davide Valeriani, Ph.D., and Kristina Simonyan, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. [email protected] – [email protected]
Methods – Two alternative pipelines for selecting classification features
Machine learning DiagnosisStructural MRI
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Supervised pipeline
Gray matter volume (GMV)
Meta-analysis (GingerALE) on six SD studies for feature selection
mean GMV and CT in each cluster
Ensemble of convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
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Aim – Identify objective markers of SD with structural MRI and machine learning• 104 high-resolution T1-weighted images
(52 SD patients and 52 controls)• Two pipelines for the identification of
diagnostic markers• Four machine-learning (ML) algorithms
for diagnostic classification
Cortical thickness (CT)
T1-weighted image
Semi-supervised pipeline
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Conclusions and Future Work• High accuracy of objective diagnosis based on the use of both supervised and
semi-supervised ML and neural alterations in spasmodic dysphonia• Accuracy of ML-based diagnosis outperforms more than two-fold the diagnostic
agreement between physicians: 72% (this study) vs. 34% (Ludlow et al., 2018)• Future: Larger sample size may improve the accuracy of CNNs
Input and preprocessing
AUC = 72.2% AUC = 70.2%
AUC = 66.4% AUC = 68.0%
Support vector machines (SVM) linear kernel and C=100
Neural network (NN) one hidden layer, 12 neurons
Linear discriminant analysis (LDA)
Ensemble of CNNs
Results – Objective markers of SD diagnosis
#1 y=12
Primary motor cortex
#2 y=-2
Premotor cortex#5 y=4 #6 y=10
Inferior frontal gyrus
Primary motor cortex
#3 y=10
Putamen#4 y=40
Inferior parietal cortex
LDA SVM NN
test set: 25%
Volumetric patches
Poster number: W277
Generous gift by Mr. and Mrs. Richardson