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ArticleNeuroImage2013

Applying tensor-based morphometry to parametric surfaces can improve MRI-based disease diagnosis.

Yalin Wang, Lei Yuan, Jie Shi, Alexander Greve, Jieping Ye, Arthur W Toga, Allan L Reiss, Paul M Thompson

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Article in NeuroImage, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yalin WangSchool of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA. ylwang@asu.edu
Lei Yuan
Jie Shi
Alexander Greve
Jieping Ye
Arthur W Toga
Allan L Reiss
Paul M Thompson

Funding

Gene, Brain and Behavior in Turner SyndromeR01HD049653 · NICHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI REISS, ALLAN L · 2006 to 2016
$6.0M
Alzheimer's disease risk analyzed using population imaging genomicsR01AG040060 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2011 to 2016
$2.5M
Predicting Brain Changes in HIV/AIDSR01NS080655 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI NAVIA, BRADFORD, THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2012 to 2015
$2.3M
Empowering Personalized Medicine: Integrating Imaging, Genetics, and BiomarkersR01MH097268 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI COPPOLA, GIOVANNI, THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2012 to 2014
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG040060NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD049653NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH097268NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many methods have been proposed for computer-assisted diagnostic classification. Full tensor information and machine learning with 3D maps derived from brain images may help detect subtle differences or classify subjects into different groups. Here we develop a new approach to apply tensor-based morphometry to parametric surface models for diagnostic classification. We use this approach to identify cortical surface features for use in diagnostic classifiers. First, with holomorphic 1-forms, we compute an efficient and accurate conformal mapping from a multiply connected mesh to the so-called slit domain. Next, the surface parameterization approach provides a natural way to register anatomical surfaces across subjects using a constrained harmonic map. To analyze anatomical differences, we then analyze the full Riemannian surface metric tensors, which retain multivariate information on local surface geometry. As the number of voxels in a 3D image is large, sparse learning is a promising method to select a subset of imaging features and to improve classification accuracy. Focusing on vertices with greatest effect sizes, we train a diagnostic classifier using the surface features selected by an L1-norm based sparse learning method. Stability selection is applied to validate the selected feature sets. We tested the algorithm on MRI-derived cortical surfaces from 42 subjects with genetically confirmed Williams syndrome and 40 age-matched controls, multivariate statistics on the local tensors gave greater effect sizes for detecting group differences relative to other TBM-based statistics including analysis of the Jacobian determinant and the largest eigenvalue of the surface metric. Our method also gave reasonable classification results relative to the Jacobian determinant, the pair of eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix and volume features. This analysis pipeline may boost the power of morphometry studies, and may assist with image-based classification.

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BrainBrain MappingHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingWilliams Syndrome

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PMID23435208
PMCPMC3641904

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