Enhancing Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis through Deep Learning-Based Classification of 3D MRI Images

Abstract

This paper presents a deep learning-based model developed to accurately classify Parkinson's disease patients using 3D MRI scans and data augmentation techniques. The study aimed to address the research question of whether this approach could effectively detect structural changes indicative of Parkinson's disease and enhance diagnostic accuracy. The model utilized 3D brain MRI scans from the midbrain region and leveraged the domain of data augmentation to expand the dataset and improve generalizability. The testing accuracy of the model was evaluated with and without data augmentation to further understand it's applicability. The paper demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed model in classifying Parkinson's disease patients from healthy controls, achieving a testing accuracy of up to 90.13% with data augmentation. The incorporation of data augmentation led to a significant 15.53% increase in accuracy compared to the model without augmentation. The utilization of 3D MRI scans allowed for a more comprehensive assessment of structural changes associated with the disease, and it is intuitive to believe that shuch efficient predictions can facilitate earlier treatment and better patient outcomes.