RefineNet: An Automated Framework to Generate Task and Subject-Specific Brain Parcellations for Resting-State fMRI Analysis

Naresh Nandakumar, Komal Manzoor, Shruti Agarwal, Haris I. Sair, Archana Venkataraman

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Abstract

Parcellations used in resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) analyses are derived from group-level information, and thus ignore both subject-level functional differences and the downstream task. In this paper, we introduce RefineNet, a Bayesian-inspired deep network architecture that adjusts region boundaries based on individual functional connectivity profiles. RefineNet uses an iterative voxel reassignment procedure that considers neighborhood information while balancing temporal coherence of the refined parcellation. We validate RefineNet on rs-fMRI data from three different datasets, each one geared towards a different predictive task: (1) cognitive fluid intelligence prediction using the HCP dataset (regression), (2) autism versus control diagnosis using the ABIDE II dataset (classification), and (3) language localization using an rs-fMRI brain tumor dataset (segmentation). We demonstrate that RefineNet improves the performance of existing deep networks from the literature on each of these tasks. We also show that RefineNet produces anatomically meaningful subject-level parcellations with higher temporal coherence.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2022 - 25th International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsLinwei Wang, Qi Dou, P. Thomas Fletcher, Stefanie Speidel, Shuo Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages315-325
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783031164309
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: Sep 18 2022Sep 22 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13431 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period9/18/229/22/22

Keywords

  • Parcellation refinement
  • Rs-fMRI
  • Task optimization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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