Classification of Fatty and Cirrhosis Liver Using Wavelet-Based Statistical Texture Features andNeural Network Classifier

Computational methods are useful for medical diagnosis because they provide additional information that cannot be obtained by simple visual interpretation. As a result an enormous amount of computer vision research effort has been targeted at achieving automated medical image analysis. The study and development of Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN), Linear Vector Quantization (LVQ) Neural Network and Back Propagation Neural Network (BPN) for classification of fatty and cirrhosis liver from Computerized Tomography (CT) abdominal images is reported in this work. Neural networks are supported by more conventional image processing operations in order to achieve the objective set. To evaluate the classifiers, Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis is done and the results are also evaluated by the radiologists. Experimental results show that PNN is a good classifier, giving an accuracy of 95% by holdout method and giving an accuracy of 96% by 10 fold cross validation method for classifying fatty and cirrhosis liver using wavelet based statistical texture features.     

Neural network based texture analysis of CT images for fatty and cirrhosis liver classification

Computational methods are useful for medical diagnosis because they provide additional information that cannot be obtained by simple visual interpretation of clinical presentations and radiologic imaging. As a result an enormous amount of research effort has been targeted at achieving automated medical image analysis. This work reports the texture analysis of Computed Tomography (CT) images and development of Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN), Linear Vector Quantization (LVQ) Neural Network and Back Propagation Neural Network (BPN) for classification of fatty and cirrhosis liver from CT abdominal images. Neural networks are supported by more conventional image processing operations in order to achieve the objective set. To evaluate the classifiers, Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis is done and the results are also evaluated by the radiologists. Experimental results show that PNN is a good classifier, giving an accuracy of 95% for classifying fatty and cirrhosis liver using wavelet based statistical texture features.     

OPTIMAL FEATURE SET AND PARAMETER SELECTION FOR POWER QUALITY DATA MINING

The significance of detection and classification of power quality (PQ) events that disturb the voltage and/or current waveforms in electrical power distribution networks is well known. Consequently, in spite of a large number of research reports in this area, research on the selection of useful features from the existing feature set and the parameter selection for specific classifiers has thus far not been explored. The choice of a smoothing parameter for a probabilistic neural network classifier (PNN) in the training process, together with feature selection, will significantly impact the classification accuracy. In this work, a thorough analysis is carried out, using two wrapper-based optimization techniques—the genetic algorithm and simulated annealing—for identifying the ensemble of celebrated features obtained using discrete wavelet transform together with the smoothing parameter selection of the PNN classifier. As a result of these analyses, the proper smoothing parameter together with a more useful feature set from among a wider set of features for the PNN classifier is obtained with improved classification accuracy. Furthermore, the results show that the performance of simulated annealing is better than the genetic algorithm for feature selection and parameter optimization in Power Quality Data Mining.     

Power transformer differential protection using neural network Principal Component Analysis and Radial Basis Function Neural Network

Many methods have been used to discriminate magnetizing inrush from internal faults in power transformers. Most of them follow a deterministic approach, i.e. they rely on an index and fixed threshold. This article proposes two approaches (i.e. NNPCA and RBFNN) for power transformer differential protection and address the challenging task of detecting magnetizing inrush from internal fault. These approaches based on the pattern recognition technique. In the proposed algorithm, the Neural Network Principal Component Analysis (NNPCA) and Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) are used as a classifier. The principal component analysis is used to preprocess the data from power system in order to eliminate redundant information and enhance hidden pattern of differential current to discriminate between internal faults from inrush and over-excitation condition. The presented algorithm also makes use of ratio of voltage-to-frequency and amplitude of differential current for detection transformer operating condition. For both proposed cases, optimal number of neurons has been considered in the neural network architectures and the effect of hidden layer neurons on the classification accuracy is analyzed. A comparison among the performance of the FFBPNN (Feed Forward Back Propagation Neural Network), NNPCA, RBFNN based classifiers and with the conventional harmonic restraint method based on Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) method is presented in distinguishing between magnetizing inrush and internal fault condition of power transformer. The algorithm is evaluated using simulation performed with PSCAD/EMTDC and MATLAB. The results confirm that the RBFNN is faster, stable and more reliable recognition of transformer inrush and internal fault condition.     

基于概率神经网络的垃圾邮件分类

概率神经网络是由Specht博士在1989年提出的一种径向基神经网络的重要变形。本文提出了把概率神经网络用于垃圾邮件分类,并通过Matlab仿真试验与贝叶斯分类器进行比较,得到了比较理想的结果。     

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION-BASED FEATURE SELECTION AND PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION FOR POWER SYSTEM DISTURBANCES CLASSIFICATION

In many data mining applications that address classification problems, feature and model selection are considered as key tasks. The appropriate input features of the classifier are selected from a given set of possible features, and the structure parameters of the classifier are adapted with respect to these features and a given dataset. This paper describes the particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) that performs feature and model selection simultaneously for the probabilistic neural network (PNN) classifier for power system disturbances. The probabilistic neural network is one of the successful classifiers used to solve many classification problems. However, the computational effort and storage requirement of the PNN method will prohibitively increase as the number of patterns used in the training set increases. An important issue that has not been given enough attention is the selection of a “spread parameter,” also called a “smoothing parameter,” in the PNN classifier. PSO is a powerful meta-heuristic technique in the artificial intelligence field; therefore, this study proposes a PSO-based approach, called PSO-PNN, to specify the beneficial features and the value of spread parameter to enhance the performance of PNN. The experimental results indicate that the proposed PSO-based approach significantly improves the classification accuracy with the discriminating input features for PNN.     

On the independence requirement in Dempster-Shafer theory for combining classifiers providing statistical evidence

In classifier combination, the relative values of beliefs assigned to different hypotheses are more important than accurate estimation of the combined belief function representing the joint observation space. Because of this, the independence requirement in Dempster’s rule should be examined from classifier combination point of view. In this study, it is investigated whether there is a set of dependent classifiers which provides a better combined accuracy than independent classifiers when Dempster’s rule of combination is used. The analysis carried out for three different representations of statistical evidence has shown that the combination of dependent classifiers using Dempster’s rule may provide much better combined accuracies compared to independent classifiers.     

Integration of independent component analysis and neural networks for ECG beat classification

In this paper, we propose a scheme to integrate independent component analysis (ICA) and neural networks for electrocardiogram (ECG) beat classification. The ICA is used to decompose ECG signals into weighted sum of basic components that are statistically mutual independent. The projections on these components, together with the RR interval, then constitute a feature vector for the following classifier. Two neural networks, including a probabilistic neural network (PNN) and a back-propagation neural network (BPNN), are employed as classifiers. ECG samples attributing to eight different beat types were sampled from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database for experiments. The results show high classification accuracy of over 98% with either of the two classifiers. Between them, the PNN shows a slightly better performance than BPNN in terms of accuracy and robustness to the number of ICA-bases. The impressive results prove that the integration of independent component analysis and neural networks, especially PNN, is a promising scheme for the computer-aided diagnosis of heart diseases based on ECG.     

Capacitive sensor-based fluid level measurement in a dynamic environment using neural network

A measurement system has been developed using a single tube capacitive sensor to accurately determine the fluid level in non-stationary tanks, namely automotive fuel tanks. The system determines the fluid level in the presence of dynamic slosh. A neural network-based approach is used to process the sensor signal and achieve substantial accuracy compared with the averaging method, which is normally used under such conditions. The sensor readings were obtained by experimentation carried out under various dynamic conditions. The sensor response was recorded at various slosh frequencies and fuel volumes; which was then used to train three different neural network topologies. Field trials were carried out to obtain the actual driving data for the purpose of testing the neural networks using MATLAB software. One static neural network topology, namely Feed-forward Backpropagation Neural Network, and two dynamic neural network topologies, namely Distributed Time Delay Neural Network and NARX Neural Network, have been investigated in this work. The developed fluid level measurement system is capable of determining the fluid level in a dynamic environment with a maximum error of 8.7% by using the two dynamic neural networks, and 0.11% using the static feed-forward backpropagation neural network.     

Using an unsupervised approach of Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) for land use classification from multitemporal satellite images

The aim of this work is to develop an unsupervised approach based on Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) for land use classification. A time series of high spatial resolution acquired by LANDSAT and SPOT images has been used to firstly generate the profiles of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and then used for the classification procedure.The proposed method allows the implementation of cluster validity technique in PNN using Ward's method to get clusters. This procedure is completely automatic with no parameter adjusting and instantaneous training, has high ability in producing a good cluster number estimates and provides a new point of view to use PNN as unsupervised classifier. The obtained results showed that this approach gives an accurate classification with about 3.44% of error through a comparison with the real land use and provides a better performance when comparing to usual unsupervised classification methods (fuzzy c-means (FCM) and K-means).     

Temporal updating scheme for probabilistic neural network withapplication to satellite cloud classification

In cloud classification from satellite imagery, temporal change in the images is one of the main factors that causes degradation in the classifier performance. In this paper, a novel temporal updating approach is developed for probabilistic neural network (PNN) classifiers that can be used to track temporal changes in a sequence of images. This is done by utilizing the temporal contextual information and adjusting the PNN to adapt to such changes. Whenever a new set of images arrives, an initial classification is first performed using the PNN updated up to the last frame while at the same time, a prediction using Markov chain models is also made based on the classification results of the previous frame. The results of both the old PNN and the predictor are then compared. Depending on the outcome, either a supervised or an unsupervised updating scheme is used to update the PNN classifier. Maximum likelihood (ML) criterion is adopted in both the training and updating schemes. The proposed scheme is examined on both a simulated data set and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 8 satellite cloud imagery data. These results indicate the improvements in the classification accuracy when the proposed scheme is used.     

A comparative study of wavelet families for EEG signal classification

Over the past two decades, wavelet theory has been used for the processing of biomedical signals for feature extraction, compression and de-noising applications. However the question as to which wavelet family is the most suitable for analysis of non-stationary bio-signals is still prevalent among researchers. This paper attempts to find the most useful wavelet function among the existing members of the wavelet families for electroencephalogram signal (EEG) analysis. The EEGs considered for this study belong to both normal as well as abnormal signals like epileptic EEG. Important features such as energy, entropy and standard deviation at different sub-bands were computed using the wavelet functions—Haar, Daubechies (orders 2-10), Coiflets (orders 1-10), and Biorthogonal (orders 1.1, 2.4, 3.5, and 4.4). Feature vectors were used to model and train the Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) and the classification accuracies were evaluated for each case. The results obtained from PNN classifier were compared with Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. From the statistical analysis, it was found that Coiflets 1 is the most suitable candidate among the wavelet families considered in this study for accurate classification of the EEG signals. In this work, we have attempted to improve the computing efficiency as it selects the most suitable wavelet function that can be used for EEG signal processing efficiently and accurately with lesser computational time.     

基于FCM-PNN分类器的说话人识别

说话人识别的本质就是模式分类。传统分类器算法中参数模型方法的主要缺点是预先假定的概率分布函数形式不一定符合待分类的数据。非参数模型方法,如PNN分类器,可以有效地克服参数模型的缺点,但其巨大的内存开销与低的分类速度使得PNN作为大量和高维的数据样本分类几乎不可行。FCM虽具有良好的模糊聚类能力,但无法直接给出概率分类结果。该文提出的FCM-PNN分类器,在FCM聚类的基础上,以贝叶斯置信度为基础,利用PNN进行概率分类。它结合了FCM聚类和PNN概率分类的优势,同时克服了传统参数模型分类和FCM聚类的局限性。实验结果证实了FCM-PNN分类器具有分类精度高、速度快及揭示细节的能力。     

Method of classifier selection using the genetic approach

Abstract: The paper presents a novel machine learning algorithm used for training a compound classifier system that consists of a set of area classifiers. Area classifiers recognize objects derived from the respective competence area. Splitting feature space into areas and selecting area classifiers are two key processes of the algorithm; both take place simultaneously in the course of an optimization process aimed at maximizing the system performance. An evolutionary algorithm is used to find the optimal solution. A number of experiments have been carried out to evaluate system performance. The results prove that the proposed method outperforms each elementary classifier as well as simple voting.     

Probabilistic neural network for breast cancer classification

Among cancers, breast cancer causes second most number of deaths in women. To reduce the high number of unnecessary breast biopsies, several computer-aided diagnosis systems have been proposed in the last years. These systems help physicians in their decision to perform a breast biopsy on a suspicious lesion seen in a mammogram or to perform a short-term follow-up examination instead. In clinical diagnosis, the use of artificial intelligent techniques as neural networks has shown great potential in this field. In this paper, three classification algorithms, multi-layer perceptron (MLP), radial basis function (RBF) and probabilistic neural networks (PNN), are applied for the purpose of detection and classification of breast cancer. Decision making is performed in two stages: training the classifiers with features from Wisconsin Breast Cancer database and then testing. The performance of the proposed structure is evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and ROC. The results revealed that PNN was the best classifiers by achieving accuracy rates of 100 and 97.66 % in both training and testing phases, respectively. MLP was ranked as the second classifier and was capable of achieving 97.80 and 96.34 % classification accuracy for training and validation phases, respectively, using scaled conjugate gradient learning algorithm. However, RBF performed better than MLP in the training phase, and it has achieved the lowest accuracy in the validation phase.     

基于神经网络的变压器故障诊断方法研究

针对概率神经网络(PNN)模型强大的非线性分类能力,PNN能够很好地对变压器故障进行分类;文章通过对PNN神经网络的结构和原理的分析,应用PNN概率神经网络方法对变压器故障进行诊断;通过实例仿真表明,PNN网络的训练时间比BP网络少,比之预测准确度也要高,而且还具有高度的泛化能力,这使得PNN网络可以有效地运用到变压器故障诊断中,具有一定的可操作性。     

基于PNN的机载设备故障预测

故障预测是PHM体系的重要特征,提出基于过程神经网络(PNN)对机载设备进行故障预测;首先建立了基于PNN的多步预测模型,推导了模型在函数正交基展开形式下的计算公式;基于正交基函数展开和矢量矩免疫算法训练PNN,推导出了适用于进化算法的优化问题模型;以设备转换部件Out2信号的全寿命故障规律为例进行了故障预测,基于MATLAB进行了仿真,结果表明,基于PNN进行故障预测精度较高,是一种有效的方法。     

Fast transient stability assessment of large power system using probabilistic neural network with feature reduction techniques

This paper presents transient stability assessment of a large 87-bus system using a new method called the probabilistic neural network (PNN) with incorporation of feature selection and extraction methods. The investigated power system is divided into smaller areas depending on the coherency of the areas when subjected to disturbances. This is to reduce the amount of data sets collected for the respective areas. Transient stability of the power system is first determined based on the generator relative rotor angles obtained from time domain simulations carried out by considering three phase faults at different loading conditions. The data collected from the time domain simulations are then used as inputs to the PNN. Feature reduction techniques are then incorporated to reduce the number of features to the PNN which is used as a classifier to determine whether the power system is stable or unstable. It can be concluded that the PNN with the incorporation of feature reduction techniques reduces the time taken to train the PNN without affecting the accuracy of the classification results.     

基于SOM-PNN分类器的体数据概率分类及绘制

概率分类是三维医学体数据绘制必不可少的预处理环节。本文提出的ＳＯＭ－ＰＮＮ分类器，以贝叶斯置信度为基础，给出概率分类结果，并用于三维体制制，得到了良好的图像质量和较高的分类效率。     

基于Pseudo-Zernike不变矩的PNN车牌汉字识别

基于不变矩理论,提出一种应用概率神经网络作为识别器的车牌汉字识别技术。利用Pseudo—Zernike矩特征的旋转不变性和良好的抗噪性能,将其作为车牌汉字识别的特征矢量,结合Pseudo—Zemike矩的快速算法和概率神经网络识别器快速学习和识别的性能,可适应实时环境下所获取的车牌汉字灰度图像的识别,具有较高的准确率,实验结果表明了该方法的有效性。