DeepBrain: Functional representation of neural in-situ hybridization images for gene ontology classification using deep convolutional autoencoders

Ido Cohen, Eli Omid David, Nathan S. Netanyahu, Noa Liscovitch, Gal Chechik

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel deep learning-based method for learning a functional representation of mammalian neural images. The method uses a deep convolutional denoising autoencoder (CDAE) for generating an invariant, compact representation of in situ hybridization (ISH) images. While most existing methods for bio-imaging analysis were not developed to handle images with highly complex anatomical structures, the results presented in this paper show that functional representation extracted by CDAE can help learn features of functional gene ontology categories for their classification in a highly accurate manner. Using this CDAE representation, our method outperforms the previous state-of-the-art classification rate, by improving the average AUC from 0.92 to 0.98, i.e., achieving 75% reduction in error. The method operates on input images that were downsampled significantly with respect to the original ones to make it computationally feasible.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2017 - 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Proceedings
EditorsAlessandra Lintas, Alessandro E. Villa, Stefano Rovetta, Paul F. Verschure
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages287-296
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319686110
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2017 - Alghero, Italy
Duration: 11 Sep 201714 Sep 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10614 LNCS

Conference

Conference26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2017
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityAlghero
Period11/09/1714/09/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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