Studying the Effects of Sex-related Differences on Brain Age Prediction using brain MR Imaging

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11577v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:55:53 GMT
• Title: Studying the Effects of Sex-related Differences on Brain Age Prediction using brain MR Imaging
• Authors: Mahsa Dibaji, Neha Gianchandani, Akhil Nair, Mansi Singhal, Roberto Souza, Mariana Bento
• Abstract summary: We study biases related to sex when developing a machine learning model based on brain magnetic resonance images (MRI) We investigate the effects of sex by performing brain age prediction considering different experimental designs. We found disparities in the performance of brain age prediction models when trained on distinct sex subgroups and datasets.
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• Abstract: While utilizing machine learning models, one of the most crucial aspects is how bias and fairness affect model outcomes for diverse demographics. This becomes especially relevant in the context of machine learning for medical imaging applications as these models are increasingly being used for diagnosis and treatment planning. In this paper, we study biases related to sex when developing a machine learning model based on brain magnetic resonance images (MRI). We investigate the effects of sex by performing brain age prediction considering different experimental designs: model trained using only female subjects, only male subjects and a balanced dataset. We also perform evaluation on multiple MRI datasets (Calgary-Campinas(CC359) and CamCAN) to assess the generalization capability of the proposed models. We found disparities in the performance of brain age prediction models when trained on distinct sex subgroups and datasets, in both final predictions and decision making (assessed using interpretability models). Our results demonstrated variations in model generalizability across sex-specific subgroups, suggesting potential biases in models trained on unbalanced datasets. This underlines the critical role of careful experimental design in generating fair and reliable outcomes.

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