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ArticleProceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering2025

Parsing disease heterogeneity in structural and functional MRI-derived measures using normative modeling and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).

Sai Spandana Chintapalli, Sindhuja T Govindarajan, Haochang Shou, Yong Fan, Hao Huang, Christos Davatzikos

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Sai Spandana ChintapalliCentre for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.
Sindhuja T GovindarajanCentre for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.
Haochang ShouCentre for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.
Yong FanCentre for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.
Hao HuangDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.
Christos DavatzikosCentre for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 19104.

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Machine Learning and Large-scale Imaging analytics for dimensional representations of brain trajectories in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: The brain aging chart and the iSTAGING consortiumRF1AG054409 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVATZIKOS, CHRISTOS · 2017 to 2023
$6.3M
Machine Learning and Large-scale Imaging analytics for dimensional representations of brain trajectories in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: The brain aging chart and the iSTAGING consortiumR01AG054409 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Christos Davatzikos · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054409NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG054409
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Abstract

We present a preliminary analysis of a GAN-based normative modeling technique for capturing individual-level deviations in brain measures, addressing heterogeneity in neurological disorders. By leveraging self-supervised training on pseudo-synthetically simulated patient data, our method detects disease-related effects without the need for large, disease-specific datasets. We demonstrate the versatility of this approach by applying it to structural MRI and resting-state fMRI data, identifying neuroanatomical and functional connectivity deviations in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This model's ability to accurately capture disease-related abnormalities in brain measures highlights its potential as a powerful tool for personalized diagnosis and the study of brain disorders, opening new avenues for research.

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disease heterogeneityGenerative Adversarial Networks (GAN)normative modelingresting-state functional MRIself-supervised learningstructural MRIsynthetic data

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PMID40485670
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