Ricardo
(2022-06-15 21:04):
#paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119297. A deep learning-based multisite neuroimage harmonization framework established with a traveling-subject dataset. 分享一篇师弟与我合作发表的工作。多中心效应在不同的研究领域都是一件非常难解决的问题,比如在脑磁共振成像研究中观察到的显著效应及其得出的结构功能特征在不同中心的数据上会得出不一致的结果。这篇文章提出了一个深度学习框架,利用特征解耦的建模方式分离与脑结构无关的站点特征和仅与脑结构有关的生物特征。这个方法可以显著消除灰质图的中心差异,并且编码器部分有效的编码了与站点效应有关的抽象特征以及与大脑结构有关的特征。
A deep learning-based multisite neuroimage harmonization framework established with a traveling-subject dataset
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The accumulation of multisite large-sample MRI datasets collected during large brain research projects in the last decade has provided critical resources for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive functions and brain disorders. However, the significant site effects observed in imaging data and their derived structural and functional features have prevented the derivation of consistent findings across multiple studies. The development of harmonization methods that can effectively eliminate complex site effects while maintaining biological characteristics in neuroimaging data has become a vital and urgent requirement for multisite imaging studies. Here, we propose a deep learning-based framework to harmonize imaging data obtained from pairs of sites, in which site factors and brain features can be disentangled and encoded. We trained the proposed framework with a publicly available traveling subject dataset from the Strategic Research Program for Brain Sciences (SRPBS) and harmonized the gray matter volume maps derived from eight source sites to a target site. The proposed framework significantly eliminated intersite differences in gray matter volumes. The embedded encoders successfully captured both the abstract textures of site factors and the concrete brain features. Moreover, the proposed framework exhibited outstanding performance relative to conventional statistical harmonization methods in terms of site effect removal, data distribution homogenization, and intrasubject similarity improvement. Finally, the proposed harmonization network provided fixable expandability, through which new sites could be linked to the target site via indirect schema without retraining the whole model. Together, the proposed method offers a powerful and interpretable deep learning-based harmonization framework for multisite neuroimaging data that can enhance reliability and reproducibility in multisite studies regarding brain development and brain disorders.
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