Method for developing an information prediction device, use thereof, and corresponding storage medium and apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a code for developing a prediction device intended to predict a biological, clinical or demographic trait of a person from imaging data of the person, the code comprising:

• instructions to determine imaging descriptors, the instructions to determine imaging descriptions comprising:
• instructions to acquire multidimensional images of people with an imaging apparatus;
• and
• instructions to extract multidimensional image elements from the acquired multidimensional images to serve as descriptors;
• instructions to classify the predetermined descriptors on the basis of the capability thereof to predict the trait;
• instructions to select, from among the classified descriptors, a relevant number of the best-classified descriptors that is sufficient to predict the trait, the instruction comprising an instruction to calibrate a function for selecting the number of descriptors on randomly permutated data;
• and
• instructions to construct the prediction device from the selected descriptors.

An apparatus for developing a prediction device intended to predict a biological, clinical or demographic trait of a person from imaging data of that person, characterized in that it comprises:

• an imaging apparatus;
• and
• a data processing system comprising:
• a determiner for determining imaging descriptors, the means comprising:
• acquirer for acquiring multidimensional images of people by means of the imaging apparatus;
• and
• extractor for extracting multidimensional image elements from the acquired multidimensional images to serve as descriptors;
• classifier for classifying the predetermined descriptors on the basis of the capability thereof to predict the trait;
• selector for selecting, from among the classified descriptors, a relevant number of the best-classified descriptors that is sufficient to predict the trait, the means comprising means for calibrating a selection function for the number of descriptors on randomly permutated data;
• and
• constructor for constructing the prediction device from the selected descriptors.