3D-TDA -- Topological feature extraction from 3D images for Alzheimer's disease classification

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Ahmed, Faisal, Akan, Taymaz, Gelir, Fatih, Carmichael, Owen T., Disbrow, Elizabeth A., Conrad, Steven A., Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. N.
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866909899122802688
author Ahmed, Faisal
Akan, Taymaz
Gelir, Fatih
Carmichael, Owen T.
Disbrow, Elizabeth A.
Conrad, Steven A.
Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. N.
author_facet Ahmed, Faisal
Akan, Taymaz
Gelir, Fatih
Carmichael, Owen T.
Disbrow, Elizabeth A.
Conrad, Steven A.
Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. N.
contents Now that disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer disease have been approved by regulatory agencies, the early, objective, and accurate clinical diagnosis of AD based on the lowest-cost measurement modalities possible has become an increasingly urgent need. In this study, we propose a novel feature extraction method using persistent homology to analyze structural MRI of the brain. This approach converts topological features into powerful feature vectors through Betti functions. By integrating these feature vectors with a simple machine learning model like XGBoost, we achieve a computationally efficient machine learning model. Our model outperforms state-of-the-art deep learning models in both binary and three-class classification tasks for ADNI 3D MRI disease diagnosis. Using 10-fold cross-validation, our model achieved an average accuracy of 97.43 percent and sensitivity of 99.09 percent for binary classification. For three-class classification, it achieved an average accuracy of 95.47 percent and sensitivity of 94.98 percent. Unlike many deep learning models, our approach does not require data augmentation or extensive preprocessing, making it particularly suitable for smaller datasets. Topological features differ significantly from those commonly extracted using convolutional filters and other deep learning machinery. Because it provides an entirely different type of information from machine learning models, it has the potential to combine topological features with other models later on.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2511_08663
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle 3D-TDA -- Topological feature extraction from 3D images for Alzheimer's disease classification
Ahmed, Faisal
Akan, Taymaz
Gelir, Fatih
Carmichael, Owen T.
Disbrow, Elizabeth A.
Conrad, Steven A.
Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. N.
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Now that disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer disease have been approved by regulatory agencies, the early, objective, and accurate clinical diagnosis of AD based on the lowest-cost measurement modalities possible has become an increasingly urgent need. In this study, we propose a novel feature extraction method using persistent homology to analyze structural MRI of the brain. This approach converts topological features into powerful feature vectors through Betti functions. By integrating these feature vectors with a simple machine learning model like XGBoost, we achieve a computationally efficient machine learning model. Our model outperforms state-of-the-art deep learning models in both binary and three-class classification tasks for ADNI 3D MRI disease diagnosis. Using 10-fold cross-validation, our model achieved an average accuracy of 97.43 percent and sensitivity of 99.09 percent for binary classification. For three-class classification, it achieved an average accuracy of 95.47 percent and sensitivity of 94.98 percent. Unlike many deep learning models, our approach does not require data augmentation or extensive preprocessing, making it particularly suitable for smaller datasets. Topological features differ significantly from those commonly extracted using convolutional filters and other deep learning machinery. Because it provides an entirely different type of information from machine learning models, it has the potential to combine topological features with other models later on.
title 3D-TDA -- Topological feature extraction from 3D images for Alzheimer's disease classification
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08663