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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

Explainable artificial intelligence for neuroimaging-based dementia diagnosis and prognosis.

Sophie A Martin, An Zhao, Jiongqi Qu, Phoebe Imms, Andrei Irimia, Frederik Barkhof, James H Cole, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sophie A MartinUCL Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3819-1634
An ZhaoUCL Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Jiongqi QuUCL Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0009-0004-5436-478X
Phoebe ImmsLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7205-4177
Andrei IrimiaLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9254-9388
Frederik BarkhofUCL Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3543-3706
James H ColeUCL Hawkes Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1908-5588
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI MONICA G. RIVERA-MINDT · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
National Alzheimer's Coordinating CenterU24AG072122 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STEPHENS, KARI A · 2021 to 2025
$45.8M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062422 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Katherine P Rankin · 2019 to 2026
$36.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center P30P30AG062429 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DOUGLAS R GALASKO · 2019 to 2026
$34.9M
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG062715 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sanjay Asthana · 2019 to 2026
$34.5M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062677 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KEJAL KANTARCI · 2019 to 2026
$33.5M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066514 · NIA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Margaret Sewell · 2020 to 2026
$31.0M
Yale Alzheimer Disease Research CenterP30AG066508 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHEN M STRITTMATTER · 2020 to 2026
$30.2M
Research Education CoreP30AG066462 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PHILIP L DE JAGER · 2020 to 2026
$30.1M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066468 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI C. Elizabeth Shaaban · 2020 to 2026
$29.4M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionArtificial intelligence and neuroimaging enable accurate dementia prediction, but 'black box' models can be difficult to trust. Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) describes techniques to understand model behaviour and the influence of features, however deciding which method is most appropriate is non-trivial. Vision transformers (ViT) have also gained popularity, providing a self-explainable, alternative to traditional convolutional neural networks (CNN).

methodsWe used T1-weighted MRI to train models on two tasks: Alzheimer's disease (AD) classification (diagnosis) and predicting conversion from mild-cognitive impairment (MCI) to AD (prognosis). We compared ten XAI methods across CNN and ViT architectures.

resultsModels achieved balanced accuracies of 81% and 67% for diagnosis and prognosis. XAI outputs highlighted brain regions relevant to AD and contained useful information for MCI prognosis. DISCUSSION: XAI can be used to verify that models are utilising relevant features and to generate valuable measures for further analysis.

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PMID39867413
PMCPMC11759246

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