Supervised novelty detection in brain tissue classification with an application to white matter hyperintensities

Hugo J. Kuijf, Pim Moeskops, Bob D. de Vos, Willem H. Bouvy, Jeroen de Bresser, Geert Jan Biessels, Max A. Viergever, Koen L. Vincken

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Novelty detection is concerned with identifying test data that differs from the training data of a classifier. In the case of brain MR images, pathology or imaging artefacts are examples of untrained data. In this proof-of-principle study, we measure the behaviour of a classifier during the classification of trained labels (i.e. normal brain tissue). Next, we devise a measure that distinguishes normal classifier behaviour from abnormal behavior that occurs in the case of a novelty. This will be evaluated by training a kNN classifier on normal brain tissue, applying it to images with an untrained pathology (white matter hyperintensities (WMH)), and determine if our measure is able to identify abnormal classifier behaviour at WMH locations. For our kNN classifier, behaviour is modelled as the mean, median, or q1 distance to the k nearest points. Healthy tissue was trained on 15 images; classifier behaviour was trained/tested on 5 images with leave-one-out cross-validation. For each trained class, we measure the distribution of mean/median/q1 distances to the k nearest point. Next, for each test voxel, we compute its Z-score with respect to the measured distribution of its predicted label. We consider a Z-score ≥4 abnormal behaviour of the classifier, having a probability due to chance of 0.000032. Our measure identified >90% of WMH volume and also highlighted other non-trained findings. The latter being predominantly vessels, cerebral falx, brain mask errors, choroid plexus. This measure is generalizable to other classifiers and might help in detecting unexpected findings or novelties by measuring classifier behaviour.
Originele taal-2Engels
TitelMedical Imaging 2016 : Image Processing. 1-3 March 2016, San Diego, California, United States
RedacteurenA. Styner, E.D. Angelini
Plaats van productieBellingham
UitgeverijSPIE
Aantal pagina's7
Volume1
ISBN van elektronische versie9781510600195
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - feb. 2016
Extern gepubliceerdJa
Evenement2016 SPIE Medical Imaging - San Diego, Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Duur: 27 feb. 20163 mrt. 2016

Publicatie series

NaamProceedings of SPIE
Volume9784
ISSN van elektronische versie0277-786X

Congres

Congres2016 SPIE Medical Imaging
Land/RegioVerenigde Staten van Amerika
StadSan Diego
Periode27/02/163/03/16

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