Application of machine intelligence for osteoarthritis classification: a classical implementation and a quantum perspect

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Application of machine intelligence for osteoarthritis classification: a classical implementation and a quantum perspective Serafeim Moustakidis 1,2 & Eirini Christodoulou 3 & Elpiniki Papageorgiou 1,4 & Christos Kokkotis 4,5 & Nikos Papandrianos 6 & Dimitrios Tsaopoulos 4 Received: 27 December 2018 / Accepted: 29 September 2019 # Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

Abstract Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the knee that comes with a variation in symptoms’ intensity, frequency and pattern. Knee OA (KOA) is often diagnosed using invasive and expensive methods that can measure changes in joint morphology and function. Early and accurate identification of significant risk factors in clinical data is of vital importance in diagnosing KOA. A machine intelligence approach is proposed here to enable automated, non-invasive identification of risk factors from self-reported clinical data about joint symptoms, disability, function and general health. The proposed methodology was applied to recognize participants with symptomatic KOA or being at high risk of developing KOA in at least one knee. Different machine learning and deep learning algorithms were tested and compared in terms of multiple criteria e.g. accuracy, per class accuracy and execution time. Deep learning was proved to be the most effective in terms of accuracy with classification accuracies up to 86.95%, evaluated on data from the osteoarthritis initiative study. Insights about ten different feature subsets and their effect on classification accuracy are provided. The proposed methodology was also demonstrated in subgroups defined by gender and age. The results suggest that machine intelligence and especially deep learning may facilitate clinical evaluation, monitoring and even prediction of knee osteoarthritis. Apart from the classical implementation of the proposed methodology, a quantum perspective is also discussed highlighting the future application of quantum computers in OA diagnosis. Keywords Deep learning . Osteoarthritis . Diagnosis . Clinical data . Symptoms . Osteoarthritis initiative . Quantum computing perspective

Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42484-019-00008-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Serafeim Moustakidis [email protected] 1

Faculty of Technology, University of Thessal, Gaiopolis, 41500 Larisa, Greece

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AIDEAS OÜ, Narva mnt 5, Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

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Computer Science Department, University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece

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Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Bio-Economy & Agri-Technology, Volos, Greece

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Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece

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General Dept. (prior Nursing Department), University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece

1 Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic condition of the joints. Compared with other types of OA, knee osteoarthritis (Martin 1994) is the most widespread h