arXiv:2505.22683q-bio.NCcs.AI2025-05被引 15

用生成模型自动构建脑网络,提升阿尔茨海默病诊断精度

ConnectomeDiffuser: Generative AI Enables Brain Network Construction from Diffusion Tensor Imaging

  • 基于扩散模型与黎曼几何,端到端生成脑网络拓扑
  • 在两种神经退行性疾病数据集上显著优于传统方法
  • 适合神经影像研究者和临床诊断辅助系统开发者

脑网络分析在阿尔茨海默病等神经退行性疾病的诊断与监测中至关重要。现有从弥散张量成像(DTI)构建结构脑网络的方法依赖专用工具包,存在操作主观、流程繁琐、难以捕捉复杂拓扑特征和疾病特异性生物标志物等固有局限。为此,本文提出ConnectomeDiffuser——一种基于扩散的新型框架,实现从DTI到脑网络的自动化端到端构建。该模型包含三个核心组件:(1) 基于黎曼几何原理提取3D DTI扫描拓扑特征的模板网络;(2) 生成具有更高拓扑保真度的完整脑网络的扩散模型;(3) 融入疾病特异性标记以提升诊断准确率的图卷积网络分类器。实验验证表明,ConnectomeDiffuser在两类不同神经退行性疾病数据集上均显著优于其他脑网络构建方法,能够更全面地捕捉结构性连接与病理相关信息,提升个体脑网络差异的敏感性分析能力。本工作推动了计算神经影像工具的发展,为临床与研究人员提供了一种稳健、可泛化且适用于阿尔茨海默病等神经退行性疾病精准诊断、机制解析与治疗监测的测量框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Brain network analysis plays a crucial role in diagnosing and monitoring neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Existing approaches for constructing structural brain networks from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) often rely on specialized toolkits that suffer from inherent limitations: operator subjectivity, labor-intensive workflows, and restricted capacity to capture complex topological features and disease-specific biomarkers. To overcome these challenges and advance computational neuroimaging instrumentation, ConnectomeDiffuser is proposed as a novel diffusion-based framework for automated end-to-end brain network construction from DTI. The proposed model combines three key components: (1) a Template Network that extracts topological features from 3D DTI scans using Riemannian geometric principles, (2) a diffusion model that generates comprehensive brain networks with enhanced topological fidelity, and (3) a Graph Convolutional Network classifier that incorporates disease-specific markers to improve diagnostic accuracy. ConnectomeDiffuser demonstrates superior performance by capturing a broader range of structural connectivity and pathology-related information, enabling more sensitive analysis of individual variations in brain networks. Experimental validation on datasets representing two distinct neurodegenerative conditions demonstrates significant performance improvements over other brain network methods. This work contributes to the advancement of instrumentation in the context of neurological disorders, providing clinicians and researchers with a robust, generalizable measurement framework that facilitates more accurate diagnosis, deeper mechanistic understanding, and improved therapeutic monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases such as AD.

脑网络生成模型神经影像阿尔茨海默病

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