Title: Random Forest Feature Selection, Fusion and Ensemble Strategy: Combining Multiple Morphological MRI Measures to Discriminate among healthy elderly, MCI, cMCI and Alzheimer's disease patients: from the Alzheimer’s disease neuroimaging initiative (ADNI) database
Authors: orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0000-5392
last_name: Dimitriadis
first_name: S.I.
name: S.I. Dimitriadis
corresponding: yes
affiliations: label: a
institution: Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK .
label: b
institution: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: c
institution: Cardiff University
country: UK
name: MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff School of Medicine, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: d
institution: Neuroinformatics Group, (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Neuroinformatics Group, (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: e
institution: School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: h
institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
country: Greece
name: 3rd Department of Neurology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece
notes: The first two authors contributed equally
last_name: Liparas
first_name: D.
name: D. Liparas
corresponding: yes
affiliations: label: f
institution: High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), University of Stuttgart
country: Germany
name: High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart, Germany
label: g
institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
country: Greece
name: Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece
notes: The first two authors contributed equally
last_name: Tsolaki
first_name: Magda N.
name: Magda N. Tsolaki
affiliations: label: h
institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
country: Greece
name: 3rd Department of Neurology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece
notes: All the data used in preparation of this article were obtained from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database (adni.loni.usc.edu). The investigators within the ADNI contributed to the design and implementation of ADNI and/or provided data but did not participate in analysis or writing of this report. A complete listing of ADNI investigators can be found at: http://adni.loni.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/how_to_apply/ADNI_Acknowledgement_List.pdf. The preprocessing of the T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) was conducted by the organizers of the competition; information can be found here: https://inclass.kaggle.com/c/mci-prediction
Affiliations: label: a
institution: Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK .
label: b
institution: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: c
institution: Cardiff University
country: UK
name: MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff School of Medicine, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: d
institution: Neuroinformatics Group, (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: Neuroinformatics Group, (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: e
institution: School of Psychology, Cardiff University
country: UK
name: School of Psychology, Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK
label: f
institution: High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), University of Stuttgart
country: Germany
name: High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart, Germany
label: g
institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
country: Greece
name: Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece
label: h
institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
country: Greece
name: 3rd Department of Neurology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece
Field: Medicine
Document type: preprint
Year: 2017