使用图形神经网络对有效大脑连接的成像进行痴呆症分类
Jun Cao1, Lichao Yang2, Ptolemaios Georgios Sarrigiannis3
1School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK; School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Computers in biology and medicine
|November 20, 2023
概括
这项研究引入了一种新的图形神经网络 (GNN),用于使用有效的大脑连接 (EBC) 诊断阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 和帕金森病 (PD). 这种新方法在区分患者和健康对照中实现了高准确度.
科学领域:
- 神经科学和计算精神病学
- 医学成像和机器学习
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 和帕金森病 (PD) 是主要的神经退行性疾病.
- 有效的大脑连接 (EBC) 显示了区分AD,PD和健康对照 (HC) 的潜力.
- 目前使用EBC诊断疾病的方法有限,特别是复杂的大脑网络.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种新的图形神经网络 (GNN) 方法,用于使用EBC诊断神经退行性疾病.
- 探索将EBC估计与功率频谱密度 (PSD) 特征进行分类的有效性.
- 在疾病诊断中同时应用单变量和多变量特征的框架.
主要方法:
- 开发一个定向结构学习GNN (DSL-GNN),适用于EBC中的定向信息处理.
- 将DSL-GNN应用于来自神经成像数据的EBC估计和PSD特征.
- 在四个区分任务中验证DSL-GNN框架:AD对HC,PD对HC,AD对PD和AD对PD对HC.
主要成果:
- 拟议的DSL-GNN在所有歧视任务中,与现有方法相比,实现了更高的性能.
- 记录的最高准确率为94.0% (AD与HC),94.2% (PD与HC),97.4% (AD与PD) 和93.0% (AD与PD与HC).
- 该框架成功地整合了单变量和多变量特征,以加强分类.
结论:
- 开发的DSL-GNN为分析具有因果定向信息的复杂大脑网络提供了强大的分析框架.
- 这种方法显示了改善AD和PD等常见神经退行性疾病的诊断准确性的巨大潜力.
- 该研究强调了将GNN与EBC结合起来,促进神经退行性疾病研究的有效性.
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