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ArticleScientific reports2023

Alzheimer's disease: new insight in assessing of amyloid plaques morphologies using multifractal geometry based on Naive Bayes optimized by random forest algorithm.

Elshaimaa Amin, Yasmina M Elgammal, M A Zahran, Mohamed M Abdelsalam

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Elshaimaa AminFuture Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt.
Yasmina M ElgammalTheoretical Physics Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
M A ZahranTheoretical Physics Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Mohamed M AbdelsalamComputers Engineering and Control Systems Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. mohmoawad@mans.edu.eg.

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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a physical illness, which damages a person's brain; it is the most common cause of dementia. AD can be characterized by the formation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposits. They exhibit diverse morphologies that range from diffuse to dense-core plaques. Most of the histological images cannot be described precisely by traditional geometry or methods. Therefore, this study aims to employ multifractal geometry in assessing and classifying amyloid plaque morphologies. The classification process is based on extracting the most descriptive features related to the amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposits using the Naive Bayes classifier. To eliminate the less important features, the Random Forest algorithm has been used. The proposed methodology has achieved an accuracy of 99%, sensitivity of 100%, and specificity of 98.5%. This study employed a new dataset that had not been widely used before.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBayes TheoremBrainHumansPlaque, AmyloidRandom ForestAmyloid beta-Peptides

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PMID37903890
PMCPMC10616199

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