Title
Deep learning for classification of normal swallows in adults.
Abstract
Cervical auscultation is a method for assessing swallowing performance. However, its ability to serve as a classification tool for a practical clinical assessment method is not fully understood. In this study, we utilized neural network classification methods in the form of Deep Belief networks in order to classify swallows. We specifically utilized swallows that did not result in clinically significant aspiration and classified them on whether they originated from healthy subjects or unhealthy patients. Dual-axis swallowing vibrations from 1946 discrete swallows were recorded from 55 healthy and 53 unhealthy subjects. The Fourier transforms of both signals were used as inputs to the networks of various sizes. We found that single and multi-layer Deep Belief networks perform nearly identically when analyzing only a single vibration signal. However, multi-layered Deep Belief networks demonstrated approximately a 5–10% greater accuracy and sensitivity when both signals were analyzed concurrently, indicating that higher-order relationships between these vibrations are important for classification and assessment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.neucom.2017.12.059
Neurocomputing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Dysphagia,Cervical auscultation,Deep learning,Classification
Swallowing,Neural network classification,Pattern recognition,Deep belief network,Artificial intelligence,Deep learning,Auscultation,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
285
0925-2312
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
14
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joshua M. Dudik1152.14
James L. Coyle2305.65
Amro El-Jaroudi3529.18
Zhi-Hong Mao428141.82
M. Sun535665.69
Ervin Sejdic614625.55