A Systematic Review of the Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Autoimmune Diseases NPJ Digit Med. 2020 Mar 9;3:30.doi: 10.1038/s41746-020-0229-3.eCollection 2020. I S Stafford 1 2, M Kellermann 1, E Mossotto 1 2, R M Beattie 3, B D MacArthur 2, S Ennis 1 |
Author information 11Department of Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 22Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 33Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK. PMID: 32195365 PMCID: PMC7062883 DOI: 10.1038/s41746-020-0229-3 Abstract Autoimmune diseases are chronic, multifactorial conditions. Through machine learning (ML), a branch of the wider field of artificial intelligence, it is possible to extract patterns within patient data, and exploit these patterns to predict patient outcomes for improved clinical management. Here, we surveyed the use of ML methods to address clinical problems in autoimmune disease. A systematic review was conducted using MEDLINE, embase and computers and applied sciences complete databases. Relevant papers included "machine learning" or "artificial intelligence" and the autoimmune diseases search term(s) in their title, abstract or key words. Exclusion criteria: studies not written in English, no real human patient data included, publication prior to 2001, studies that were not peer reviewed, non-autoimmune disease comorbidity research and review papers. 169 (of 702) studies met the criteria for inclusion. Support vector machines and random forests were the most popular ML methods used. ML models using data on multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease were most common. A small proportion of studies (7.7% or 13/169) combined different data types in the modelling process. Cross-validation, combined with a separate testing set for more robust model evaluation occurred in 8.3% of papers (14/169). The field may benefit from adopting a best practice of validation, cross-validation and independent testing of ML models. Many models achieved good predictive results in simple scenarios (e.g. classification of cases and controls). Progression to more complex predictive models may be achievable in future through integration of multiple data types. |
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