Unsupervised Machine Learning for Osteoporosis Diagnosis Using Singh Index Clustering on Hip Radiographs
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| author | Kalavakonda, Vijaya Madhivanan, Vimaladevi Lal, Abhay Rithika, Senthil Subramaniam, Shamala Karupusamy Sameer, Mohamed |
| author_facet | Kalavakonda, Vijaya Madhivanan, Vimaladevi Lal, Abhay Rithika, Senthil Subramaniam, Shamala Karupusamy Sameer, Mohamed |
| contents | Osteoporosis, a prevalent condition among the aging population worldwide, is characterized by diminished bone mass and altered bone structure, increasing susceptibility to fractures. It poses a significant and growing global public health challenge over the next decade. Diagnosis typically involves Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure bone mineral density, yet its mass screening utility is limited. The Singh Index (SI) provides a straightforward, semi-quantitative means of osteoporosis diagnosis through plain hip radiographs, assessing trabecular patterns in the proximal femur. Although cost-effective and accessible, manual SI calculation is time-intensive and requires expertise. This study aims to automate SI identification from radiographs using machine learning algorithms. An unlabelled dataset of 838 hip X-ray images from Indian adults aged 20-70 was utilized. A custom convolutional neural network architecture was developed for feature extraction, demonstrating superior performance in cluster homogeneity and heterogeneity compared to established models. Various clustering algorithms categorized images into six SI grade clusters, with comparative analysis revealing only two clusters with high Silhouette Scores for promising classification. Further scrutiny highlighted dataset imbalance and emphasized the importance of image quality and additional clinical data availability. The study suggests augmenting X-ray images with patient clinical data and reference images, alongside image pre-processing techniques, to enhance diagnostic accuracy. Additionally, exploring semi-supervised and self-supervised learning methods may mitigate labelling challenges associated with large datasets. |
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| spellingShingle | Unsupervised Machine Learning for Osteoporosis Diagnosis Using Singh Index Clustering on Hip Radiographs Kalavakonda, Vijaya Madhivanan, Vimaladevi Lal, Abhay Rithika, Senthil Subramaniam, Shamala Karupusamy Sameer, Mohamed Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Machine Learning Osteoporosis, a prevalent condition among the aging population worldwide, is characterized by diminished bone mass and altered bone structure, increasing susceptibility to fractures. It poses a significant and growing global public health challenge over the next decade. Diagnosis typically involves Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure bone mineral density, yet its mass screening utility is limited. The Singh Index (SI) provides a straightforward, semi-quantitative means of osteoporosis diagnosis through plain hip radiographs, assessing trabecular patterns in the proximal femur. Although cost-effective and accessible, manual SI calculation is time-intensive and requires expertise. This study aims to automate SI identification from radiographs using machine learning algorithms. An unlabelled dataset of 838 hip X-ray images from Indian adults aged 20-70 was utilized. A custom convolutional neural network architecture was developed for feature extraction, demonstrating superior performance in cluster homogeneity and heterogeneity compared to established models. Various clustering algorithms categorized images into six SI grade clusters, with comparative analysis revealing only two clusters with high Silhouette Scores for promising classification. Further scrutiny highlighted dataset imbalance and emphasized the importance of image quality and additional clinical data availability. The study suggests augmenting X-ray images with patient clinical data and reference images, alongside image pre-processing techniques, to enhance diagnostic accuracy. Additionally, exploring semi-supervised and self-supervised learning methods may mitigate labelling challenges associated with large datasets. |
| title | Unsupervised Machine Learning for Osteoporosis Diagnosis Using Singh Index Clustering on Hip Radiographs |
| topic | Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15253 |