Spatial Linear Mixed Effects Modelling for OCT Images: SLME Model

Zhu, Wenyue ORCID: 0000-0002-5731-4364, Ku, Jae Yee, Zheng, Yalin ORCID: 0000-0002-7873-0922, Knox, Paul C ORCID: 0000-0002-2578-7335, Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruwanthi ORCID: 0000-0003-3886-6208 and Czanner, Gabriela (2020) Spatial Linear Mixed Effects Modelling for OCT Images: SLME Model. JOURNAL OF IMAGING, 6 (6). 44-.

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Abstract

Much recent research focuses on how to make disease detection more accurate as well as "slimmer", i.e., allowing analysis with smaller datasets. Explanatory models are a hot research topic because they explain how the data are generated. We propose a spatial explanatory modelling approach that combines Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) retinal imaging data with clinical information. Our model consists of a spatial linear mixed effects inference framework, which innovatively models the spatial topography of key information via mixed effects and spatial error structures, thus effectively modelling the shape of the thickness map. We show that our spatial linear mixed effects (SLME) model outperforms traditional analysis-of-variance approaches in the analysis of Heidelberg OCT retinal thickness data from a prospective observational study, involving 300 participants with diabetes and 50 age-matched controls. Our SLME model has a higher power for detecting the difference between disease groups, and it shows where the shape of retinal thickness profiles differs between the eyes of participants with diabetes and the eyes of healthy controls. In simulated data, the SLME model demonstrates how incorporating spatial correlations can increase the accuracy of the statistical inferences. This model is crucial in the understanding of the progression of retinal thickness changes in diabetic maculopathy to aid clinicians for early planning of effective treatment. It can be extended to disease monitoring and prognosis in other diseases and with other imaging technologies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	spatial modelling, statistical analyses, correlated data, retinal imaging, optical coherence tomography, simulation, diabetic macular oedema
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2020 08:11
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:50
DOI:	10.3390/jimaging6060044
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3089653