用可解释的跨网络注意力模型,从脑功能磁共振中学习阿尔茨海默病的神经变化。
Interpretable Cross-Network Attention for Resting-State fMRI Representation Learning
- 通过掩码预定义脑网络并重建,显式建模网络间依赖关系。
- 在5582例数据上验证,发现默认模式等网络交互异常与疾病进展相关。
- 结果既可解释又可用于疾病分类和病情纵向追踪,适合神经退行性研究者。
理解大规模功能脑网络在认知衰退中的重组机制,仍是神经影像学的核心挑战。尽管近期自监督模型在静息态功能磁共振(rs-fMRI)表示学习方面表现良好,但其内部机制难以解释,限制了机制性洞察。我们提出BrainInterNet,一种基于掩码重建的网络感知自监督框架,引入跨注意力机制显式建模rs-fMRI中的网络间依赖。通过选择性掩码预定义的功能网络并利用剩余上下文重建,该方法可直接量化网络可预测性,并实现可解释的跨网络交互分析。我们在多队列fMRI数据(来自ABCD、HCP Development、HCP Young Adults、HCP Aging数据集)上训练模型,并在阿尔茨海默病神经影像计划(ADNI)数据集上评估,共涵盖5,582个记录。结果揭示了阿尔茨海默病(AD)下默认模式、边缘系统和注意网络的系统性交互改变。同时,所学表示支持准确的阿尔茨海默病谱系分类,并生成一个能纵向追踪疾病严重程度的紧凑表征标记。这些成果表明,基于网络引导的掩码建模与跨注意力机制,为刻画神经退行性病变中的功能重组提供了可解释且高效的方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Understanding how large-scale functional brain networks reorganize during cognitive decline remains a central challenge in neuroimaging. While recent self-supervised models have shown promise for learning representations from resting-state fMRI, their internal mechanisms are difficult to interpret, limiting mechanistic insight. We propose BrainInterNet, a network-aware self-supervised framework based on masked reconstruction with cross-attention that explicitly models inter-network dependencies in rs-fMRI. By selectively masking predefined functional networks and reconstructing them from remaining context, our approach enables direct quantification of network predictability and interpretable analysis of cross-network interactions. We train BrainInterNet on multi-cohort fMRI data (from the ABCD, HCP Development, HCP Young Adults, and HCP Aging datasets) and evaluate on the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) dataset, in total comprising 5,582 recordings. Our method reveals systematic alterations in the brain's network interactions under AD, including in the default mode, limbic, and attention networks. In parallel, the learned representations support accurate Alzheimer's-spectrum classification and yield a compact summary marker that tracks disease severity longitudinally. Together, these results demonstrate that network-guided masked modeling with cross-attention provides an interpretable and effective framework for characterizing functional reorganization in neurodegeneration.
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