Generating synthetic light-adapted electroretinogram waveforms using Artificial Intelligence to improve classification of retinal conditions in under-represented populations

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Main Authors: Kulyabin, Mikhail, Zhdanov, Aleksei, Maier, Andreas, Loh, Lynne, Estevez, Jose J., Constable, Paul A.
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author Kulyabin, Mikhail
Zhdanov, Aleksei
Maier, Andreas
Loh, Lynne
Estevez, Jose J.
Constable, Paul A.
author_facet Kulyabin, Mikhail
Zhdanov, Aleksei
Maier, Andreas
Loh, Lynne
Estevez, Jose J.
Constable, Paul A.
contents Visual electrophysiology is often used clinically to determine functional changes associated with retinal or neurological conditions. The full-field flash electroretinogram (ERG) assesses the global contribution of the outer and inner retinal layers initiated by the rods and cone pathways depending on the state of retinal adaptation. Within clinical centers reference normative data are used to compare with clinical cases that may be rare or underpowered within a specific demographic. To bolster either reference or case datasets the application of synthetic ERG waveforms may offer benefits to disease classification and case-control studies. In this study and as a proof of concept, artificial intelligence (AI) to generate synthetic signals using Generative Adversarial Networks is deployed to up-scale male participants within an ISCEV reference dataset containing 68 participants, with waveforms from the right and left eye. Random Forest Classifiers further improved classification for sex within the group from a balanced accuracy of 0.72 to 0.83 with the added synthetic male waveforms. This is the first study to demonstrate the generation of synthetic ERG waveforms to improve machine learning classification modelling with electroretinogram waveforms.
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spellingShingle Generating synthetic light-adapted electroretinogram waveforms using Artificial Intelligence to improve classification of retinal conditions in under-represented populations
Kulyabin, Mikhail
Zhdanov, Aleksei
Maier, Andreas
Loh, Lynne
Estevez, Jose J.
Constable, Paul A.
Neurons and Cognition
Visual electrophysiology is often used clinically to determine functional changes associated with retinal or neurological conditions. The full-field flash electroretinogram (ERG) assesses the global contribution of the outer and inner retinal layers initiated by the rods and cone pathways depending on the state of retinal adaptation. Within clinical centers reference normative data are used to compare with clinical cases that may be rare or underpowered within a specific demographic. To bolster either reference or case datasets the application of synthetic ERG waveforms may offer benefits to disease classification and case-control studies. In this study and as a proof of concept, artificial intelligence (AI) to generate synthetic signals using Generative Adversarial Networks is deployed to up-scale male participants within an ISCEV reference dataset containing 68 participants, with waveforms from the right and left eye. Random Forest Classifiers further improved classification for sex within the group from a balanced accuracy of 0.72 to 0.83 with the added synthetic male waveforms. This is the first study to demonstrate the generation of synthetic ERG waveforms to improve machine learning classification modelling with electroretinogram waveforms.
title Generating synthetic light-adapted electroretinogram waveforms using Artificial Intelligence to improve classification of retinal conditions in under-represented populations
topic Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.11842