Raman spectroscopy combined with a support vector machine algorithm as a diagnostic technique for primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Journal: Scientific reports
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of Raman spectroscopy combined with computer algorithms in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS). In this study, Raman spectra of 60 serum samples were acquired from 30 patients with pSS and 30 healthy controls (HCs). The means and standard deviations of the raw spectra of patients with pSS and HCs were calculated. Spectral features were assigned based on the literature. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to extract the spectral features. Then, a particle swarm optimization (PSO)-support vector machine (SVM) was selected as the method of parameter optimization to rapidly classify patients with pSS and HCs. In this study, the SVM algorithm was used as the classification model, and the radial basis kernel function was selected as the kernel function. In addition, the PSO algorithm was used to establish a model for the parameter optimization method. The training set and test set were randomly divided at a ratio of 7:3. After PCA dimension reduction, the specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of the PSO-SVM model were obtained, and the results were 88.89%, 100% and 94.44%, respectively. This study showed that the combination of Raman spectroscopy and a support vector machine algorithm could be used as an effective pSS diagnosis method with broad application value.

Authors

  • Xiaomei Chen
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
  • Xue Wu
    School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
  • Chen Chen
    The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Cainan Luo
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
  • Yamei Shi
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
  • Zhengfang Li
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
  • Xiaoyi Lv
    College of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China.
  • Cheng Chen
    Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, China.
  • Jinmei Su
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. sujm@pumch.cn.
  • Lijun Wu
    Department of Rheumatism and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, China.