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. 2022 Sep;66(3):354-361.
doi: 10.1002/mus.27664. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

Using machine learning algorithms to enhance the diagnostic performance of electrical impedance myography

Sarbesh R Pandeya  1 , Janice A Nagy  1 , Daniela Riveros  1 , Carson Semple  1 , Rebecca S Taylor  1 , Alice Hu  2 , Benjamin Sanchez  3 , Seward B Rutkove  1
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Using machine learning algorithms to enhance the diagnostic performance of electrical impedance myography

Sarbesh R Pandeya et al. Muscle Nerve. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Introduction/aims: We assessed the classification performance of machine learning (ML) using multifrequency electrical impedance myography (EIM) values to improve upon diagnostic outcomes as compared to those based on a single EIM value.

Methods: EIM data was obtained from unilateral excised gastrocnemius in eighty diseased mice (26 D2-mdx, Duchenne muscular dystrophy model, 39 SOD1G93A ALS model, and 15 db/db, a model of obesity-induced muscle atrophy) and 33 wild-type (WT) animals. We assessed the classification performance of a ML random forest algorithm incorporating all the data (multifrequency resistance, reactance and phase values) comparing it to the 50 kHz phase value alone.

Results: ML outperformed the 50 kHz analysis as based on receiver-operating characteristic curves and measurement of the area under the curve (AUC). For example, comparing all diseases together versus WT from the test set outputs, the AUC was 0.52 for 50 kHz phase, but was 0.94 for the ML model. Similarly, when comparing ALS versus WT, the AUCs were 0.79 for 50 kHz phase and 0.99 for ML.

Discussion: Multifrequency EIM using ML improves upon classification compared to that achieved with a single-frequency value. ML approaches should be considered in all future basic and clinical diagnostic applications of EIM.

Keywords: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; classification; electrical impedance; machine learning; muscle; muscular dystrophy.

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