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ArticleBMC neuroscience2024

Graph neural network and machine learning analysis of functional neuroimaging for understanding schizophrenia.

Gayathri Sunil, Smruthi Gowtham, Anurita Bose, Samhitha Harish, Gowri Srinivasa

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Gayathri Sunil *PES Center for Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PES University, 100 Feet Ring Road, III Stage BSK, Dwaraka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560085, India.
Smruthi Gowtham *PES Center for Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PES University, 100 Feet Ring Road, III Stage BSK, Dwaraka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560085, India.
Anurita Bose *PES Center for Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PES University, 100 Feet Ring Road, III Stage BSK, Dwaraka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560085, India.
Samhitha Harish *PES Center for Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PES University, 100 Feet Ring Road, III Stage BSK, Dwaraka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560085, India.
Gowri Srinivasa *PES Center for Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PES University, 100 Feet Ring Road, III Stage BSK, Dwaraka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560085, India. gsrinivasa@pes.edu.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGraph representational learning can detect topological patterns by leveraging both the network structure as well as nodal features. The basis of our exploration involves the application of graph neural network architectures and machine learning to resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) data for the purpose of detecting schizophrenia. Our study uses single-site data to avoid the shortcomings in generalizability of neuroimaging data obtained from multiple sites.

resultsThe performance of our graph neural network models is on par with that of our machine learning models, each of which is trained using 69 graph-theoretical measures computed from functional correlations between various regions of interest (ROI) in a brain graph. Our deep graph convolutional neural network (DGCNN) demonstrates a promising average accuracy score of 0.82 and a sensitivity score of 0.84.

conclusionsThis study provides insights into the role of advanced graph theoretical methods and machine learning on fMRI data to detect schizophrenia by harnessing changes in brain functional connectivity. The results of this study demonstrate the capabilities of using both traditional ML techniques as well as graph neural network-based methods to detect schizophrenia using features extracted from fMRI data. The study also proposes two methods to obtain potential biomarkers for the disease, many of which are corroborated by research in this area and can further help in the understanding of schizophrenia as a mental disorder.

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Brain MappingSchizophreniaBrainFunctional NeuroimagingHumansMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeural Networks, ComputerNeuroimagingBinarizationBiomarkersDeep graph convolutional neural network (DGCNN)Graph neural network (GNN)Machine learningSchizophrenia

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