What kind of Research Questions and Outputs

Questions and Outputs Start using Face2Gene 

What kind of Research Questions?

What kind of Research Outputs?

1. Pairwise Clustermap

Input: Cases in Face2Gene CLINIC (grouping is possible).

 

Output: Pairwise Clustermap where we compare each case to every case in the cohort (x and y axes) plus every image in our control gallery (4.3k photos); the number in the box is the similarity rank achieved.

 

Low numbers mean that the cohort is more similar amongst itself than compared to our control gallery.

A clustering algorithm is applied, and the resulting dendogram can be explored to check for subclusters (e.g. 6 subjects on the right vs 28 on the left).

2. tSNE or PCA visualization

Input: Cases in Face2Gene CLINIC (grouping is possible), with associated relevant clinical information.

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Output: Dimensionality reduction is applied to the photo vectors (tSNE or PCA) and a 2D or 3D representation in the Clinical Face Phenotype Space (CFPS) is obtained. Smaller distances in CFPS translate to more similar facial phenotypes. A confidence ellipse per cluster is also included.

 

The top-N similar syndromes in our database may also be represented (potential confounding syndromes/patient matching analyses).

 

Each data point can be matched to a subject via case ID, and additional relevant information may be included in the hover box.

3. Statistical Similarity Analysis

Input: Independent samples of age and gender-matched cases in Face2Gene CLINIC. FDNA may provide a control group.

 

Output: First, the similarity is computed between every pair of cases – intra and inter-cohorts.

 

Assumption checks are used to determine parametric/nonparametric testing: Normal distribution, equal variance and outliers.

 

Adequate pairwise tests are then used to compare every two groups, correcting for multiple comparisons by applying the Bonferroni correction.

A boxplot visualization of the groups is also generated. Additional statistical information per group is shown on hover.

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