Quasi-Supervised Learning for Biomedical Data Analysis

 

Abstract

 

We present a novel formulation for pattern recognition in biomedical data. We adopt a binary recognition scenario where a control dataset contains samples of one class only, while a mixed dataset contains an unlabeled collection of samples from both classes. The mixed dataset samples that belong to the second class are identified by estimating posterior probabilities of samples for being in the control or the mixed datasets. Experiments on synthetic data established a better detection performance against possible alternatives. The fitness of the method in biomedical data analysis was further demonstrated on real multi-color flow cytometry and multi-channel electroencephalography data.

 

You can access the full-length manuscript at the Pattern Recognition web site (doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2010.04.024).

 

Funding

 

Financial support was provided by the 7th Framework Programme, Marie Curie Actions - International Re-integration Grants (PIRG03-GA-2008-230903).

 

Software

 

The Matlab implementation of the quasi-supervised learning algorithm is provided free of charge for non-commercial academic use. The package is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 by Bilge Karaçalı.

 

The software package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.

 

The software package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

 

 

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