单位:[1]Biomedical Research Center, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China[2]Medical Engineering Department, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院
The small-world architecture has gained considerable attention in anatomical brain connectivity studies. However, how to adequately quantify small-worldness in diffusion networks has remained a problem. We addressed the limits of small-world measures and defined new metric indices: the small-world efficiency (SWE) and the small-world angle (SWA), both based on the tradeoff between high global and local efficiency. To confirm the validity of the new indices, we examined the behavior of SWE and SWA of networks based on the Watts-Strogatz model as well as the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from 75 healthy old subjects (aged 50-70). We found that SWE could classify the subjects into different age groups, and was correlated with individual performance on the WAIS-IV test. Moreover, to evaluate the sensitivity of the proposed measures to network, two network attack strategies were applied. Our results indicate that the new indices outperform their predecessors in the analysis of DTI data.
基金:
Scientific Research General Project of Beijing Municipal Education Committee [KM201810005033]; Natural Science Foundation of BeijingBeijing Natural Science Foundation [7143171]; National Key Technology Support Program of ChinaNational Key Technology R&D Program [2015BAI02B03]
第一作者单位:[1]Biomedical Research Center, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Lin Lan,Fu Zhenrong,Jin Cong,et al.Small-world indices via network efficiency for brain networks from diffusion MRI[J].EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH.2018,236(10):2677-2689.doi:10.1007/s00221-018-5326-z.
APA:
Lin, Lan,Fu, Zhenrong,Jin, Cong,Tian, Miao&Wu, Shuicai.(2018).Small-world indices via network efficiency for brain networks from diffusion MRI.EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH,236,(10)
MLA:
Lin, Lan,et al."Small-world indices via network efficiency for brain networks from diffusion MRI".EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 236..10(2018):2677-2689