arXiv:2608.07287cs.LG2026-08

用大模型分析儿童脑部影像,区分头痛与非头痛,效果优于传统方法。

A foundation-model approach to pediatric headache classification from rs-fMRI

论文配图:A foundation-model approach to pediatric headache classification from rs-fMRI
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  • 用神经基础模型NeuroSTORM直接处理静息态脑影像数据
  • 区分头痛与非头痛的准确率达AUROC 0.82,远超传统方法
  • 适合研究儿童头痛分型,为个性化治疗提供新思路

头痛是儿童中最常见的神经系统疾病,严重影响生活质量。本研究探索了利用机器学习结合静息态功能磁共振(rs-fMRI)进行儿童头痛分类的可行性。采用NeuroSTORM这一新兴基础模型对rs-fMRI数据进行编码,并微调以区分健康对照组与头痛患儿,进一步分类头痛亚型。与基于脑功能连接(FC)矩阵的传统神经科学方法相比,使用189例来自110名个体的rs-fMRI扫描(两次就诊,任一头痛患病率74%)数据,NeuroSTORM在区分头痛与非头痛上取得AUROC 0.82(95% CI, 0.82–0.82)和AUPRC 0.93(95% CI, 0.93–0.94),显著优于传统方法(AUROC 0.67;AUPRC 0.85)。在健康、慢性偏头痛及非慢性头痛(如病毒感染后头痛、每日持续性头痛、外伤后头痛)的多类分类中,NeuroSTORM的宏平均AUROC为0.69(95% CI, 0.68–0.69),表明其能较好识别慢性偏头痛,但难以区分其他亚型。结果表明,在数据有限条件下,NeuroSTORM可捕捉可迁移的rs-fMRI潜在表征,无需依赖传统功能连接特征,为基于fMRI的儿童头痛预测提供了概念验证,并有望推动亚型识别与个体化治疗的发展。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Headache is the most common neurological disorder in children and substantially affects quality of life. We investigated whether resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) can support pediatric headache classification using machine learning. We encoded rs-fMRI data using NeuroSTORM, a recent foundation model, and fine-tuned it to distinguish healthy controls from children with headache and subsequently classify headache subtypes. We compared NeuroSTORM with a standard neuroscience approach using functional-connectivity (FC) matrices derived from brain activity as predictors. Using 189 rs-fMRI scans from 110 individuals collected across two visits (prevalence of any headache: 74%), NeuroSTORM achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.82-0.82) and an area under the precision-recall curve (AUPRC) of 0.93 (95% CI, 0.93-0.94) for discriminating headache from non-headache. In contrast, models trained on FC matrices showed lower performance (AUROC, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.67-0.67]; AUPRC, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.85-0.85]). In multiclass classification of healthy controls, chronic migraine, and non-chronic headaches (e.g., post-viral headache, new daily persistent headache, post-traumatic headache), NeuroSTORM achieved a macro-AUROC of 0.69 (95% CI, 0.68-0.69). Results suggest that the approach can distinguish chronic migraine but has difficulty differentiating other headache subtypes from chronic migraine. Overall, under limited-data conditions, NeuroSTORM appears to capture latent rs-fMRI representations that transfer to headache-related tasks without relying on FC features. These findings provide proof of concept for fMRI-based prediction of pediatric headache and highlight potential future utility for subtype identification and individualized treatment strategies.

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