Interpreting Medical Information Using Machine Learning and Individual Conditional Expectation.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

Recently, machine-learning techniques have spread many fields. However, machine-learning is still not popular in medical research field due to difficulty of interpreting. In this paper, we introduce a method of interpreting medical information using machine learning technique. The method gave new explanation of partial dependence plot and individual conditional expectation plot from medical research field.

Authors

  • Yasunobu Nohara
    Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Yoshifumi Wakata
    Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Naoki Nakashima
    Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.