arXiv:2409.17569eess.IV2024-09

融合结构与功能磁共振信息,提升脑图谱配准精度

A novel brain registration model combining structural and functional MRI information

  • 用卷积神经网络同时学习结构与功能影像的变形场
  • 在四类脑网络中平均超过阈值体素数达2248,优于现有方法
  • 适合需要高精度功能脑区定位的研究者使用

尽管基于深度学习的功能磁共振成像(fMRI)配准算法在功能区域对齐上取得一定进展,但仍未能充分挖掘精细结构信息。本文提出一种半监督卷积神经网络(CNN)配准模型,融合结构与功能MRI信息。模型首先输入结构影像(T1w-MRI)以生成变形场,捕捉精细解剖结构;随后构建局部功能连接模式描述功能信息,并采用巴氏系数衡量两幅fMRI图像间的相似性,作为损失函数促进功能区域对齐。在跨被试配准实验中,本模型在四类功能网络(默认模式网络、视觉网络、中央执行网络和感觉运动网络)的组水平t检验图中,平均超过阈值的体素数达2248;在基于图谱的配准实验中,该数值为3620,为所有方法中最高。结果表明,该模型在fMRI配准上表现优异,显著提升了功能区域的一致性,具有优化fMRI图像处理与分析的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Although developed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) registration algorithms based on deep learning have achieved a certain degree of alignment of functional area, they underutilized fine structural information. In this paper, we propose a semi-supervised convolutional neural network (CNN) registration model that integrates both structural and functional MRI information. The model first learns to generate deformation fields by inputting structural MRI (T1w-MRI) into the CNN to capture fine structural information. Then, we construct a local functional connectivity pattern to describe the local fMRI information, and use the Bhattacharyya coefficient to measure the similarity between two fMRI images, which is used as a loss function to facilitate the alignment of functional areas. In the inter-subject registration experiment, our model achieved an average number of voxels exceeding the threshold of 4.24 is 2248 in the group-level t-test maps for the four functional brain networks (default mode network, visual network, central executive network, and sensorimotor network). Additionally, the atlas-based registration experiment results show that the average number of voxels exceeding this threshold is 3620. The results are the largest among all methods. Our model achieves an excellent registration performance in fMRI and improves the consistency of functional regions. The proposed model has the potential to optimize fMRI image processing and analysis, facilitating the development of fMRI applications.

脑图谱配准多模态融合fMRI分析

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