Application of the Face2Gene tool in an Italian dysmorphological pediatric clinic: Retrospective validation and future perspectives
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2024
Citazione:
Application of the Face2Gene tool in an Italian dysmorphological pediatric clinic: Retrospective validation and future perspectives / A. Carrer, M.G. Romaniello, M.L. Calderara, M. Mariani, A. Biondi, A. Selicorni. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS. PART A. - ISSN 1552-4825. - 194:3(2024 Mar), pp. e63459.1-e63459.6. [10.1002/ajmg.a.63459]
Abstract:
Neurodevelopmental disorders exhibit recurrent facial features that can suggest the genetic diagnosis at a glance, but recognizing subtle dysmorphisms is a specialized skill that requires very long training. Face2Gene (FDNA Inc) is an innovative computer-aided phenotyping tool that analyses patient's portraits and suggests 30 candidate syndromes with similar morphology in a prioritized list. We hypothesized that the software could support even expert physicians in the diagnostic workup of genetic conditions. In this study, we assessed the performance of Face2Gene in an Italian dysmorphological pediatrics clinic. We uploaded two-dimensional face pictures of 145 children affected by genetic conditions with typical phenotypic traits. All diagnoses were previously confirmed by cytogenetic or molecular tests. Overall, the software's differential included the correct syndrome in most cases (98%). We evaluated the efficiency of the algorithm even considering the rareness of the genetic conditions. All "common" diagnoses were correctly identified, most of them with high diagnostic accuracy (93% in top-3 matches). Finally, the performance for the most common pediatric syndromes was calculated. Face2Gene performed well even for ultra-rare genetic conditions (75% within top-3 matches and 83% within top-10 matches). Expert geneticists maybe do not need computer support to recognize common syndromes, but our results prove that the tool can be useful not only for general pediatricians but also in dysmorphological clinics for ultra-rare genetic conditions.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
DeepGestalt; Face2Gene; computer-aided facial phenotyping tool; dysmorphology
Elenco autori:
A. Carrer, M.G. Romaniello, M.L. Calderara, M. Mariani, A. Biondi, A. Selicorni
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