TY - CHAP A1 - Morisi, Rita A1 - Gnecco, Giorgio A1 - Lanconelli, Nico A1 - Zanigni, Stefano A1 - Manners, David Neil A1 - Testa, Claudia A1 - Evangelisti, Stefania A1 - Gramegna, LauraLudovica A1 - Bianchini, Claudio A1 - Cortelli, Pietro A1 - Tonon, Caterina A1 - Lodi, Raffaele SN - 978-3-319-19389-2 T2 - Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis PB - Springer TI - Binary and Multi-class Parkinsonian Disorders Classification Using Support Vector Machines T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science EP - 386 N2 - This paper presents a method for an automated Parkinsonian disorders classification using Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Magnetic Resonance quantitative markers are used as features to train SVMs with the aim of automatically diagnosing patients with different Parkinsonian disorders. Binary and multi?class classification problems are investigated and applied with the aim of automatically distinguishing the subjects with different forms of disorders. A ranking feature selection method is also used as a preprocessing step in order to asses the significance of the different features in diagnosing Parkinsonian disorders. In particular, it turns out that the features selected as the most meaningful ones reflect the opinions of the clinicians as the most important markers in the diagnosis of these disorders. Concerning the results achieved in the classification phase, they are promising; in the two multi?class classification problems investigated, an average accuracy of 81% and 90% is obtained, while in the binary scenarios taken in consideration, the accuracy is never less than 88%. SP - 379 ID - eprints2776 KW - Support Vector Machines; Feature selection; Binary classification; Multi?class classification; Parkinsonian disorders classification AV - none Y1 - 2015/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19390-8_43 M1 - 9117 ER -