An overview of artificial intelligence techniques for diagnosis of Schizophrenia based on magnetic resonance imaging modalities: Methods, challenges, and future works
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a mental disorder that typically emerges in late adolescence
or early adulthood. It reduces the life expectancy of patients by 15 years.
Abnormal behavior, perception of emotions, social relationships, and reality
perception are among its most significant symptoms. Past studies have revealed
that SZ affects the temporal and anterior lobes of hippocampus regions of the brain. Also, increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and decreased
volume of white and gray matter can be observed due to this disease. Magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) is the popular neuroimaging technique used to
explore structural/functional brain abnormalities in SZ disorder, owing to its
high spatial resolution. Various artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been
employed with advanced image/signal processing methods to accurately diagnose
SZ. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of studies conducted on
the automated diagnosis of SZ using MRI modalities. First, an AI-based computer
aided-diagnosis system (CADS) for SZ diagnosis and its relevant sections
are presented. Then, this section introduces the most important conventional
machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques in the diagnosis of
diagnosing SZ. A comprehensive comparison is also made between ML and DL
studies in the discussion section. In the following, the most important challenges
in diagnosing SZ are addressed. Future works in diagnosing SZ using AI
techniques and MRI modalities are recommended in another section. Results,
conclusion, and research findings are also presented at the end.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
(España)/ FEDER under the RTI2018-098913-B100 projectConsejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo (Junta de Andalucía) and
FEDER under CV20-45250 and A-TIC-080-UGR18 project
