Classification of Patients with Disorder of Consciousness Based on DTI Sequence Analysis

Hong Song, Qiang Li, Shixiong Li, Wei Kang, Jian Yang, Yi Yang, Jianghong He

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Abstract

In this paper, a method is proposed for classification of patients with disorder of consciousness (DOC) based on the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sequences analysis. The patients are divided into vegetative state (VS) and minimally consciousness state (MCS). Firstly, tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) was applied to find the regions of interest (ROIs), and the values of fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD) of ROIs were calculated subsequently. Secondly, statistical analysis, including t-test and Spearman correlation analysis were used to obtain the parameters with significant difference between VS and MCS and to extract the parameters significantly correlated to Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) scores. Finally, a classifier based on support vector machine (SVM) was trained with parameters of ROIs. Results show that a 92.31% accuracy was achieved with age and gender as extra classification features, and the confidence of classification result can be used to evaluate the level of consciousness of patients.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Smart Cloud, SmartCloud 2017
EditorsMeikang Qiu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages268-272
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538636848
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Nov 2017
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Smart Cloud, SmartCloud 2017 - New York, United States
Duration: 3 Nov 20175 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Smart Cloud, SmartCloud 2017

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Smart Cloud, SmartCloud 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period3/11/175/11/17

Keywords

  • diffusion tensor imaging
  • minimally conscious state
  • support vector machine
  • tract-based spatial statistics
  • vegetative state

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