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Abstract #0690

Model Pruning for Generalisability Across MRI Imaging Sites

Nicola Katharine Dinsdale1, Mark Jenkinson2,3, and Ana IL Namburete4
1WIN / Oxford Machine Learning in NeuroImaging Lab, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2WIN, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 4Computer Science, Oxford Machine Learning in NeuroImaging Lab, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Synopsis

We propose an algorithm to simultaneously prune and train CNNs, leading to networks which have increased generalisability across imaging sites. Through segmentation of data from the ABIDE dataset, we show that through reducing the number of parameters in the network throughout training, we are able to reduce model overfitting, creating a model which is more robust to expect image variations across scanners. We also introduce a novel Targeted Dropout algorithm, which aids the process of model pruning. We demonstrate the approach on a UNet architecture, the basis of nearly all segmentation approaches across medical imaging.

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