| Title | Multi-task deep learning-based survival analysis on the prognosis of late AMD using the longitudinal data in AREDS. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Ghahramani G, Brendel M, Lin M, Chen Q, Keenan T, Chen K, Chew E, Lu Z, Peng Y, Wang F |
| Journal | AMIA Annu Symp Proc |
| Volume | 2021 |
| Pagination | 506-515 |
| Date Published | 2021 |
| ISSN | 1942-597X |
| Keywords | Deep Learning, Disease Progression, Fundus Oculi, Humans, Macular Degeneration, Prognosis, Survival Analysis |
| Abstract | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss. Some patients experience vision loss over a delayed timeframe, others at a rapid pace. Physicians analyze time-of-visit fundus photographs to predict patient risk of developing late-AMD, the most severe form of AMD. Our study hypothesizes that 1) incorporating historical data improves predictive strength of developing late-AMD and 2) state-of-the-art deep-learning techniques extract more predictive image features than clinicians do. We incorporate longitudinal data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies and deep-learning extracted image features in survival settings to predict development of late- AMD. To extract image features, we used multi-task learning frameworks to train convolutional neural networks. Our findings show 1) incorporating longitudinal data improves prediction of late-AMD for clinical standard features, but only the current visit is informative when using complex features and 2) "deep-features" are more informative than clinician derived features. We make codes publicly available at https://github.com/bionlplab/AMD_prognosis_amia2021. |
| Alternate Journal | AMIA Annu Symp Proc |
| PubMed ID | 35308963 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC8861665 |
| Grant List | R01 MH124740 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States RF1 AG072449 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |
