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    • Brain Imaging Analysis

    Background:

    • Learning brain effective connectivity (EC) networks from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is crucial but challenging.
    • Existing methods face difficulties in accuracy and efficiency for complex brain network analysis.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel algorithm, VACOEC, for accurate and efficient learning of brain EC network structures.
    • To leverage voxel activation information within an ant colony optimization (ACO) framework to enhance EC network learning.
    • To validate the performance of VACOEC on both simulated and real-world fMRI datasets.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed VACOEC, integrating ant colony optimization (ACO) with voxel activation information for EC network learning.
    • Utilized voxel activation to measure brain region independence, restricting search space and improving efficiency.
    • Designed a novel heuristic function combining global score increase and voxel activation for guided ACO search.

    Main Results:

    • Simulated data experiments demonstrated VACOEC's accuracy and efficiency in identifying brain EC network directions.
    • Real-world data analysis revealed significantly decreased intra-network and inter-network effective connectivity in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients compared to normal controls (NC).
    • Observed reduced connectivity within the default mode network (DMN) and salience network (SN), and between DMN and SN in AD patients.

    Conclusions:

    • VACOEC offers a promising approach for accurate and efficient brain effective connectivity network learning.
    • The findings highlight potential applications of VACOEC in neuroimaging studies of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
    • VACOEC provides valuable insights into altered brain network dynamics in AD patients, particularly concerning DMN and SN interactions.