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Deep convolutional neural network for chronic kidney disease prediction using ultrasound imaging

  • Smitha Patil EMAIL logo and Savita Choudhary

Abstract

Objectives

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disease and it is related to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and end-stage renal disease that can be prevented by the earlier recognition and diagnosis of individuals at risk. Even though risk factors for CKD have been recognized, the effectiveness of CKD risk classification via prediction models remains uncertain. This paper intends to introduce a new predictive model for CKD using US image.

Methods

The proposed model includes three main phases “(1) preprocessing, (2) feature extraction, (3) and classification.” In the first phase, the input image is subjected to preprocessing, which deploys image inpainting and median filtering processes. After preprocessing, feature extraction takes place under four cases; (a) texture analysis to detect the characteristics of texture, (b) proposed high-level feature enabled local binary pattern (LBP) extraction, (c) area based feature extraction, and (d) mean intensity based feature extraction. These extracted features are then subjected for classification, where “optimized deep convolutional neural network (DCNN)” is used. In order to make the prediction more accurate, the weight and the activation function of DCNN are optimally chosen by a new hybrid model termed as diversity maintained hybrid whale moth flame optimization (DM-HWM) model.

Results

The accuracy of adopted model at 40th training percentage was 44.72, 11.02, 5.59, 3.92, 3.92, 3.57, 2.59, 1.71, 1.68, and 0.42% superior to traditional artificial neural networks (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), NB, J48, NB-tree, LR, composite hypercube on iterated random projection (CHIRP), CNN, moth flame optimization (MFO), and whale optimization algorithm (WOA) models.

Conclusions

Finally, the superiority of the adopted scheme is validated over other conventional models in terms of various measures.


Corresponding author: Smitha Patil, Research Scholar, VTU, RC Sir MVIT, Bengaluru, India; and Assistant Professor, Presidency University, Bengaluru, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank my parents for their support and encouragement throughout my study.

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  3. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

  4. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: The conducted research is not related to either human or animal use.

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Received: 2020-11-09
Accepted: 2021-03-24
Published Online: 2021-04-22

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