Deep learning-Autoencoders

Melle Vessies, Rutger van de Leur, Philippe Wouters, René van Es*

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Abstract

Auto-encoders and their variational counterparts form a family of (deep) neural networks that serve a wide range of applications in medical research and clinical practice. In this chapter we provide a comprehensive overview of how auto-encoders work and how they can be used to improve medical research. We elaborate on various topics such as dimension reduction, denoising auto-encoders, auto-encoders used for anomaly detection and the applications of representations of data created using auto-encoders. Secondly, we touch upon the subject of variational auto-encoders, explaining their design and training process. We end the chapter with small scale examples of auto-encoders applied to the MNIST dataset and a recent example of an application of a (disentangled) variational auto-encoder applied to ECG-data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationClinical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Real-World Data
EditorsFolkert W. Asselbergs, Spiros Denaxas, Daniel L. Oberski, Jason H. Moore
PublisherSpringer
Pages203-220
Number of pages18
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031366789
ISBN (Print)9783031366772
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2023

Keywords

  • Anomaly detection
  • Auto-encoder
  • Deep learning
  • Denoising
  • Dimension reduction
  • Disentanglement
  • ECG
  • Explainable AI
  • Variational auto-encoder

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