Network-Based Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Sustainable and Non-invasive Salivary Biomarkers

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Hauptverfasser: Fernandes, Janayna M., Sabino-Silva, Robinson, Carneiro, Murillo G.
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author Fernandes, Janayna M.
Sabino-Silva, Robinson
Carneiro, Murillo G.
author_facet Fernandes, Janayna M.
Sabino-Silva, Robinson
Carneiro, Murillo G.
contents Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) lacks reliable biological markers, delaying early diagnosis. Using 159 salivary samples analyzed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, we developed GANet, a genetic algorithm-based network optimization framework leveraging PageRank and Degree for importance-based feature characterization. GANet systematically optimizes network structure to extract meaningful patterns from high-dimensional spectral data. It achieved superior performance compared to linear discriminant analysis, support vector machines, and deep learning models, reaching 0.78 accuracy, 0.61 sensitivity, 0.90 specificity, and a 0.74 harmonic mean. These results demonstrate GANet's potential as a robust, bio-inspired, non-invasive tool for precise ASD detection and broader spectral-based health applications.
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spellingShingle Network-Based Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Sustainable and Non-invasive Salivary Biomarkers
Fernandes, Janayna M.
Sabino-Silva, Robinson
Carneiro, Murillo G.
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) lacks reliable biological markers, delaying early diagnosis. Using 159 salivary samples analyzed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, we developed GANet, a genetic algorithm-based network optimization framework leveraging PageRank and Degree for importance-based feature characterization. GANet systematically optimizes network structure to extract meaningful patterns from high-dimensional spectral data. It achieved superior performance compared to linear discriminant analysis, support vector machines, and deep learning models, reaching 0.78 accuracy, 0.61 sensitivity, 0.90 specificity, and a 0.74 harmonic mean. These results demonstrate GANet's potential as a robust, bio-inspired, non-invasive tool for precise ASD detection and broader spectral-based health applications.
title Network-Based Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Sustainable and Non-invasive Salivary Biomarkers
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16126