Volume 39, Issue 4 e12708
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A proactive model to predict osteoporosis: An artificial immune system approach

Keerthika Periasamy

Keerthika Periasamy

Department of CSE, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, India

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Suresh Periasamy

Suresh Periasamy

Department of IT, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, India

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Sathiyamoorthi Velayutham

Sathiyamoorthi Velayutham

Department of CSE, Sona College of Technology, Salem, India

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Zuopeng Zhang

Corresponding Author

Zuopeng Zhang

Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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Zuopeng Zhang, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.

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Syed Thouheed Ahmed

Syed Thouheed Ahmed

School of Computing and Information Technology, REVA University, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India

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Anitha Jayapalan

Anitha Jayapalan

Department of CSE, RV Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India

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First published: 04 May 2021
Citations: 3

Abstract

Osteoporosis disease is caused by hormonal changes, vitamin D, and calcium deficiency. With current technologies, the identification of osteoporosis requires many tests with the support of medications. Bone mineral density is a typical measure implemented using a DEXA scan which can be very costly. Such high technology equipment is usually not accessible for remote people, and thus a low-cost screening system is very appealing. This article proposes an osteoporosis prediction system that effectively determines its possibility of occurrence based on essential factors such as smoking habits and calcium level so that the people at high risk can be referred to access the DEXA scanner. Our proposed system is implemented by an improved version of the artificial immune system, enabling care providers to take precautionary measures at the right time to avoid the early development of osteoporosis. The experiments demonstrated a promising result of 94% prediction accuracy that proved its usefulness in identifying people with potential osteoporosis in the future.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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