A New Metric for Characterizing Dynamic Redundancy of Dense Brain Chronnectome and Its Application to Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

Maryam Ghanbari, Li Ming Hsu, Zhen Zhou, Amir Ghanbari, Zhanhao Mo, Pew Thian Yap, Han Zhang, Dinggang Shen

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    Abstract

    Graph theory has been used extensively to investigate information exchange efficiency among brain regions represented as graph nodes. In this work, we propose a new metric to measure how the brain network is robust or resilient to any attack on its nodes and edges. The metric measures redundancy in the sense that it calculates the minimum number of independent, not necessarily shortest, paths between every pair of nodes. We adopt this metric for characterizing (i) the redundancy of time-varying brain networks, i.e., chronnectomes, computed along the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including early mild cognitive impairment (EMCI), and (ii) changes in progressive MCI compared to stable MCI by calculating the probabilities of having at least 2 (or 3) independent paths between every pair of brain regions in a short period of time. Finally, we design a learning-based early AD detection framework, coined “REdundancy Analysis of Dynamic functional connectivity for Disease Diagnosis (READ3)”, and show its superiority over other AD early detection methods. With the ability to measure dynamic resilience and robustness of brain networks, the metric is complementary to the commonly used “cost-efficiency” in brain network analysis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2020 - 23rd International Conference, Proceedings
    EditorsAnne L. Martel, Purang Abolmaesumi, Danail Stoyanov, Diana Mateus, Maria A. Zuluaga, S. Kevin Zhou, Daniel Racoceanu, Leo Joskowicz
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
    Pages3-12
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Print)9783030597276
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020
    Event23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020 - Lima, Peru
    Duration: 2020 Oct 42020 Oct 8

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume12267 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020
    Country/TerritoryPeru
    CityLima
    Period20/10/420/10/8

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    Keywords

    • Complex brain networks
    • Disease diagnosis
    • Graph theory

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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