Polysomnography
(PSG)
is
unique
in
diagnosing
sleep
disorders,
notably
obstructive
apnea
(OSA).
Despite
its
advantages,
manual
PSG
data
grading
time-consuming
and
laborious.
Thus,
this
research
evaluated
a
deep
learning-based
automated
scoring
system
for
respiratory
events
sleep-disordered
breathing
patients.
npj Digital Medicine,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
7(1)
Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024
Apnea
and
hypopnea
are
common
sleep
disorders
characterized
by
the
obstruction
of
airways.
Polysomnography
(PSG)
is
a
study
typically
used
to
compute
Apnea-Hypopnea
Index
(AHI),
number
times
person
has
apnea
or
certain
types
per
hour
sleep,
diagnose
severity
disorder.
Early
detection
treatment
can
significantly
reduce
morbidity
mortality.
However,
long-term
PSG
monitoring
unfeasible
as
it
costly
uncomfortable
for
patients.
To
address
these
issues,
we
propose
method,
named
DRIVEN,
estimate
AHI
at
home
from
wearable
devices
detect
when
apnea,
hypopnea,
periods
wakefulness
occur
throughout
night.
The
method
therefore
assist
physicians
in
diagnosing
apneas.
Patients
wear
single
sensor
combination
sensors
that
be
easily
measured
home:
abdominal
movement,
thoracic
pulse
oximetry.
For
example,
using
only
two
sensors,
DRIVEN
correctly
classifies
72.4%
all
test
patients
into
one
four
classes,
with
99.3%
either
classified
placed
class
away
true
one.
This
reasonable
trade-off
between
model's
performance
patient's
comfort.
We
use
publicly
available
data
three
large
studies
total
14,370
recordings.
consists
deep
convolutional
neural
networks
light-gradient-boost
machine
classification.
It
implemented
automatic
estimation
unsupervised
systems,
reducing
costs
healthcare
systems
improving
patient
care.
Operations Research Forum,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
4(1)
Опубликована: Март 4, 2023
Abstract
Understanding
clinical
features
and
risk
factors
associated
with
COVID-19
mortality
is
needed
to
early
identify
critically
ill
patients,
initiate
treatments
prevent
mortality.
A
retrospective
study
on
patients
referred
a
tertiary
hospital
in
Iran
between
March
November
2020
was
conducted.
COVID-19-related
its
association
including
headache,
chest
pain,
symptoms
computerized
tomography
(CT),
hospitalization,
time
infection,
history
of
neurological
disorders,
having
single
or
multiple
factors,
fever,
myalgia,
dizziness,
seizure,
abdominal
nausea,
vomiting,
diarrhoea
anorexia
were
investigated.
Based
the
investigation
outcome,
decision
tree
dimension
reduction
algorithms
used
aforementioned
factors.
Of
3008
(mean
age
59.3
±
18.7
years,
44%
women)
COVID-19,
373
died.
There
significant
old
age,
low
respiratory
rate,
oxygen
saturation
<
93%,
need
for
mechanical
ventilator,
CT,
cardiovascular
diseases
factor
In
contrast,
there
no
gender,
anorexia.
Our
results
might
help
related
better
manage
according
extracted
tree.
The
proposed
ML
models
identified
number
patients.
These
if
implemented
setting
needing
medical
attention
care.
However,
more
studies
are
confirm
these
findings.
Sensors,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
23(8), С. 3973 - 3973
Опубликована: Апрель 13, 2023
Sleep
disorders
can
impact
daily
life,
affecting
physical,
emotional,
and
cognitive
well-being.
Due
to
the
time-consuming,
highly
obtrusive,
expensive
nature
of
using
standard
approaches
such
as
polysomnography,
it
is
great
interest
develop
a
noninvasive
unobtrusive
in-home
sleep
monitoring
system
that
reliably
accurately
measure
cardiorespiratory
parameters
while
causing
minimal
discomfort
user’s
sleep.
We
developed
low-cost
Out
Center
Testing
(OCST)
with
low
complexity
parameters.
tested
validated
two
force-sensitive
resistor
strip
sensors
under
bed
mattress
covering
thoracic
abdominal
regions.
Twenty
subjects
were
recruited,
including
12
males
8
females.
The
ballistocardiogram
signal
was
processed
4th
smooth
level
discrete
wavelet
transform
2nd
order
Butterworth
bandpass
filter
heart
rate
respiration
rate,
respectively.
reached
total
error
(concerning
reference
sensors)
3.24
beats
per
minute
2.32
rates
for
For
females,
errors
3.47
2.68,
2.33,
verified
reliability
applicability
system.
It
showed
minor
dependency
on
sleeping
positions,
one
major
cumbersome
measurements.
identified
sensor
region
optimal
configuration
measurement.
Although
testing
healthy
regular
patterns
promising
results,
further
investigation
required
bandwidth
frequency
validation
larger
groups
subjects,
patients.
Computers in Biology and Medicine,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
158, С. 106841 - 106841
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2023
Invasive
angiography
is
the
reference
standard
for
coronary
artery
disease
(CAD)
diagnosis
but
expensive
and
associated
with
certain
risks.
Machine
learning
(ML)
using
clinical
noninvasive
imaging
parameters
can
be
used
CAD
to
avoid
side
effects
cost
of
angiography.
However,
ML
methods
require
labeled
samples
efficient
training.
The
data
scarcity
high
labeling
costs
mitigated
by
active
learning.
This
achieved
through
selective
query
challenging
labeling.
To
best
our
knowledge,
has
not
been
yet.
An
Active
Learning
Ensemble
Classifiers
(ALEC)
method
proposed
diagnosis,
consisting
four
classifiers.
Three
these
classifiers
determine
whether
a
patient's
three
main
arteries
are
stenotic
or
not.
fourth
classifier
predicts
patient
ALEC
first
trained
samples.
For
each
unlabeled
sample,
if
outputs
consistent,
sample
along
its
predicted
label
added
pool
Inconsistent
manually
medical
experts
before
being
pool.
training
performed
once
more
so
far.
interleaved
phases
repeated
until
all
labeled.
Compared
19
other
algorithms,
combined
support
vector
machine
attained
superior
performance
97.01%
accuracy.
Our
justified
mathematically
as
well.
We
also
comprehensively
analyze
dataset
in
this
paper.
As
part
analysis,
features
pairwise
correlation
computed.
top
15
contributing
stenosis
determined.
relationship
between
presented
conditional
probabilities.
effect
considering
number
on
discrimination
investigated.
power
over
visualized,
assuming
two
remaining
features.
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD),
a
prevalent
neurodegenerative
disorder,
leads
to
progressive
dementia,
which
impairs
decision-making,
problem-solving,
and
communication.
While
there
is
no
cure,
early
detection
can
facilitate
treatments
slow
its
progression.
Deep
learning
(DL)
significantly
enhances
AD
by
analyzing
brain
imaging
data
identify
biomarkers,
improving
diagnostic
accuracy
predicting
progression
more
precisely
than
traditional
methods.
In
this
article,
we
propose
an
ensemble
methodology
for
DL
models
detect
from
MRIs.
We
trained
enhanced
Xception
architecture
once
produce
multiple
snapshots,
providing
diverse
insights
into
MRI
features.
A
decision-level
fusion
strategy
was
employed,
combining
decision
scores
with
RF
meta-learner
using
blending
algorithm.
The
efficacy
of
our
technique
confirmed
the
experimental
findings,
categorize
four
groups
99.14%
accuracy.
This
may
help
medical
practitioners
provide
patients
individualized
care.
Subsequent
efforts
will
concentrate
on
enhancing
model's
via
generalization
variety
datasets.