Respiratory Motion Prediction with Empirical Mode Decomposition-Based Random Vector Functional Link

Asad Rasheed and Kalyana C. Veluvolu ()
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Asad Rasheed: School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Kalyana C. Veluvolu: School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: The precise prediction of tumor motion for radiotherapy has proven challenging due to the non-stationary nature of respiration-induced motion, frequently accompanied by unpredictable irregularities. Despite the availability of numerous prediction methods for respiratory motion prediction, the prediction errors they generate often suffer from large prediction horizons, intra-trace variabilities, and irregularities. To overcome these challenges, we have employed a hybrid method, which combines empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and random vector functional link (RVFL), referred to as EMD-RVFL. In the initial stage, EMD is used to decompose respiratory motion into interpretable intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and residue. Subsequently, the RVFL network is trained for each obtained IMF and residue. Finally, the prediction results of all the IMFs and residue are summed up to obtain the final predicted output. We validated this proposed method on the benchmark datasets of 304 respiratory motion traces obtained from 31 patients for various prediction lengths, which are equivalent to the latencies of radiotherapy systems. In direct comparison with existing prediction techniques, our hybrid architecture consistently delivers a robust and highly accurate prediction performance. This proof-of-concept study indicates that the proposed approach is feasible and has the potential to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiotherapy treatment.

Keywords: radiotherapy; respiratory motion; prediction; empirical mode decomposition (EMD); random vector functional link (RVFL) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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