Functional connectivity network fusion with dynamic thresholding for MCI diagnosis

Xi Yang, Yan Jin, Xiaobo Chen, Han Zhang, Gang Li, Dinggang Shen

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Abstract

The resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) has been demonstrated as a valuable neuroimaging tool to identify mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients. Previous studies showed network breakdown in MCI patients with thresholded rs-fMRI connectivity networks. Recently, machine learning techniques have assisted MCI diagnosis by integrating information from multiple networks constructed with a range of thresholds. However, due to the difficulty of searching optimal thresholds, they are often predetermined and uniformly applied to the entire network. Here, we propose an element-wise thresholding strategy to dynamically construct multiple functional networks, i.e., using possibly different thresholds for different elements in the connectivity matrix. These dynamically generated networks are then integrated with a network fusion scheme to capture their common and complementary information. Finally, the features extracted from the fused network are fed into support vector machine (SVM) for MCI diagnosis. Compared to the previous methods, our proposed framework can greatly improve MCI classification performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMachine Learning in Medical Imaging - 7th International Workshop, MLMI 2016 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2016, Proceedings
EditorsLi Wang, Heung-Il Suk, Yinghuan Shi, Ehsan Adeli, Qian Wang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages246-253
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319471563
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event7th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016 - Athens, Greece
Duration: Oct 17 2016Oct 17 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10019 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period10/17/1610/17/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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