Regularized-Ncut: Robust and homogeneous functional parcellation of neonate and adult brain networks.

Brain network parcellation based on resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is affected by noise, resulting in spurious small patches and decreased functional homogeneity within each network. Obtaining robust and homogeneous parcellation of neonate brain is more difficult, because neonate rs-fMRI is...

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Published in:Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Vol. 106
Main Authors: Peng, Qinmu, Ouyang, Minhui, Wang, Jiaojian, Yu, Qinlin, Zhao, Chenying, Slinger, Michelle, Li, Hongming, Fan, Yong, Hong, Bo, Huang, Hao
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Jun2020
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          Peng, Qinmu
          Ouyang, Minhui
          Wang, Jiaojian
          Yu, Qinlin
          Zhao, Chenying
          Slinger, Michelle
          Li, Hongming
          Fan, Yong
          Hong, Bo
          Huang, Hao
        affil: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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          Brain
          Brain Mapping
          Relaxation
          Noise
          Infant, Newborn
          Adult
          Magnetic Resonance Imaging
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Scales
          Questionnaires
          Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month
          Adult: 19-44 years
      ab: Brain network parcellation based on resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is affected by noise, resulting in spurious small patches and decreased functional homogeneity within each network. Obtaining robust and homogeneous parcellation of neonate brain is more difficult, because neonate rs-fMRI is associated with relatively higher level of noise and no prior knowledge from a functional neonate atlas is available as spatial constraints. To meet these challenges, we developed a novel data-driven Regularized Normalized-cut (RNcut) method. RNcut is formulated by adding two regularization terms, a smoothing term using Markov random fields and a small-patch removal term, to conventional normalized-cut (Ncut) method. The RNcut and competing methods were tested with simulated datasets with known ground truth and then applied to both adult and neonate rs-fMRI datasets. Based on the parcellated networks generated by RNcut, intra-network connectivity was quantified. The test results from simulated datasets demonstrated that the RNcut method is more robust (p < 0.01) to noise and can delineate parcellated functional networks with significantly better (p < 0.01) spatial contiguity and significantly higher (p < 0.01) functional homogeneity than competing methods. Application of RNcut to neonate and adult rs-fMRI dataset revealed distinctive functional brain organization of neonate brains from that of adult brains. Collectively, we developed a novel data-driven RNcut method by integrating conventional Ncut with two regularization terms, generating robust and homogeneous functional parcellation without imposing spatial constraints. A broad range of brain network applications and analyses, especially neonate and infant brain parcellation with noisy and large sample of datasets, can potentially benefit from this RNcut method.
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