Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms
Abstract Celiac disease is a disorder of the immune system that mainly affects the small intestine but can also affect the skeletal system. The diagnosis relies on histological assessment of duodenal biopsies acquired by upper digestive endoscopy. Immunological tests involve collecting a blood sampl...
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| description | Abstract Celiac disease is a disorder of the immune system that mainly affects the small intestine but can also affect the skeletal system. The diagnosis relies on histological assessment of duodenal biopsies acquired by upper digestive endoscopy. Immunological tests involve collecting a blood sample to detect if the antibodies have been produced in the body. Endoscopy is invasive and histology is time-consuming. In recent years there have been various algorithms that use artificial intelligence (AI) and neural convolutions (CNN, Convolutional Neural Network) to process images from capsule endoscopy, a non-invasive endoscopy approach, that provides magnified, high qualitative images of the small bowel mucosa, to quickly establish a diagnosis. The proposed innovative approach do not use complex learning algorithms, instead it find some artefacts in the endoscopies using kernels and use classified machine learning algorithms. Each used artefacts have a psychical meaning: atrophies of the mucosa with a visible submucosal vascular pattern; the presence of cracks (depressions) that have an appearance similar to that of dry land; reduction or complete loss of folds in the duodenum; the presence of a submerged appearance at the Kerckring folds and a low number of villi. The results obtained for video capsule endoscopy images processing reveal an accuracy of 94.1% and F1 score of 94%, which is competitive with other complex algorithms. The main goal of the present research was to demonstrate that computer-aided diagnosis of celiac disease is possible even without the use of very complex algorithms, which require expensive hardware and a lot of processing time. The use of the proposed automated images processing acquired noninvasively by capsule endoscopy would be assistive in detecting the subtle presence of villous atrophy not evident by visual inspection. It may also be useful to assess the degree of improvement of celiac. Patients on a gluten-free diet, the main treatment method for stopping the autoimmune process and improving the state of the small intestinal villi. The novelty of the work is that the algorithm uses two modified filters to properly analyse the intestine wall texture. It is proved that using the right filters, the proper diagnostic can be obtained by image processing, without the use of a complicated machine learning algorithm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-495fdf81dde2415aa67d23bfaeee5bf82022-12-22T01:11:41ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-03-0112111910.1038/s41598-022-07199-zAutomated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning AlgorithmsCristian-Andrei Stoleru0Eva H. Dulf1Lidia Ciobanu2Automation Department, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-NapocaAutomation Department, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-NapocaFaculty of Medicine, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyAbstract Celiac disease is a disorder of the immune system that mainly affects the small intestine but can also affect the skeletal system. The diagnosis relies on histological assessment of duodenal biopsies acquired by upper digestive endoscopy. Immunological tests involve collecting a blood sample to detect if the antibodies have been produced in the body. Endoscopy is invasive and histology is time-consuming. In recent years there have been various algorithms that use artificial intelligence (AI) and neural convolutions (CNN, Convolutional Neural Network) to process images from capsule endoscopy, a non-invasive endoscopy approach, that provides magnified, high qualitative images of the small bowel mucosa, to quickly establish a diagnosis. The proposed innovative approach do not use complex learning algorithms, instead it find some artefacts in the endoscopies using kernels and use classified machine learning algorithms. Each used artefacts have a psychical meaning: atrophies of the mucosa with a visible submucosal vascular pattern; the presence of cracks (depressions) that have an appearance similar to that of dry land; reduction or complete loss of folds in the duodenum; the presence of a submerged appearance at the Kerckring folds and a low number of villi. The results obtained for video capsule endoscopy images processing reveal an accuracy of 94.1% and F1 score of 94%, which is competitive with other complex algorithms. The main goal of the present research was to demonstrate that computer-aided diagnosis of celiac disease is possible even without the use of very complex algorithms, which require expensive hardware and a lot of processing time. The use of the proposed automated images processing acquired noninvasively by capsule endoscopy would be assistive in detecting the subtle presence of villous atrophy not evident by visual inspection. It may also be useful to assess the degree of improvement of celiac. Patients on a gluten-free diet, the main treatment method for stopping the autoimmune process and improving the state of the small intestinal villi. The novelty of the work is that the algorithm uses two modified filters to properly analyse the intestine wall texture. It is proved that using the right filters, the proper diagnostic can be obtained by image processing, without the use of a complicated machine learning algorithm.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07199-z |
| spellingShingle | Cristian-Andrei Stoleru Eva H. Dulf Lidia Ciobanu Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms Scientific Reports |
| title | Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| title_full | Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| title_fullStr | Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| title_short | Automated detection of celiac disease using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| title_sort | automated detection of celiac disease using machine learning algorithms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07199-z |
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