EnXAI-Net: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy in Alzheimer’s Disease via Explainable Ensemble Learning Model
摘要
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that impairs cognitive function and quality of life among the elderly. This study introduces EnXAI Net, an ensemble deep learning framework that integrates SAINT, FT Transformer, LSTM, and DaNet architectures. Leveraging clinical and genetic data from the ADNI dataset, the model classifies subjects into cognitively normal, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease groups using a weighted voting strategy. Key features include age, gender, MMSE, ADAS13, and APOE genotype. To enhance interpretability, explainable AI methods such as SHAP and LIME are employed to quantify feature contributions. Experimental results demonstrate that the model achieves a classification accuracy exceeding 97%, while offering transparency in decision making. The proposed approach highlights the potential of modern AI technologies in clinical diagnostics and contributes to the advancement of personalized healthcare within the context of digital transformation. Inference averages 4.76 s per subject, enabling near-real-time clinical decision support workflows.