Machine learning approaches for integrating clinical and imaging features in late-life depression classification and response prediction.

Journal: International journal of geriatric psychiatry
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Currently, depression diagnosis relies primarily on behavioral symptoms and signs, and treatment is guided by trial and error instead of evaluating associated underlying brain characteristics. Unlike past studies, we attempted to estimate accurate prediction models for late-life depression diagnosis and treatment response using multiple machine learning methods with inputs of multi-modal imaging and non-imaging whole brain and network-based features.

Authors

  • Meenal J Patel
    Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Carmen Andreescu
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
  • Julie C Price
    Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA.
  • Kathryn L Edelman
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
  • Charles F Reynolds
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
  • Howard J Aizenstein
    Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.