Smile-GANs: Semi-supervised clustering via GANs for dissecting brain disease heterogeneity from medical images
Machine learning methods applied to complex biomedical data has enabled the construction of disease signatures of diagnostic/prognostic value. However, less attention has been given to understanding disease heterogeneity. Semi-supervised clustering methods can address this problem by estimating multiple transformations from a (e.g. healthy) control (CN) group to a patient (PT) group, seeking to capture the heterogeneity of underlying pathlogic processes. Herein, we propose a novel method, Smile-GANs (SeMi-supervIsed cLustEring via GANs), for semi-supervised clustering, and apply it to brain MRI scans. Smile-GANs first learns multiple distinct mappings by generating PT from CN, with each mapping characterizing one relatively distinct pathological pattern. Moreover, a clustering model is trained interactively with mapping functions to assign PT into corresponding subtype memberships. Using relaxed assumptions on PT/CN data distribution and imposing mapping non-linearity, Smile-GANs captures heterogeneous differences in distribution between the CN and PT domains. We first validate Smile-GANs using simulated data, subsequently on real data, by demonstrating its potential in characterizing heterogeneity in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its prodromal phases. The model was first trained using baseline MRIs from the ADNI2 database and then applied to longitudinal data from ADNI1 and BLSA. Four robust subtypes with distinct neuroanatomical patterns were discovered: 1) normal brain, 2) diffuse atrophy atypical of AD, 3) focal medial temporal lobe atrophy, 4) typical-AD. Further longitudinal analyses discover two distinct progressive pathways from prodromal to full AD: i) subtypes 1 - 2 - 4, and ii) subtypes 1 - 3 - 4. Although demonstrated on an important biomedical problem, Smile-GANs is general and can find application in many biomedical and other domains.
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