Multiscale Causal Geometric Deep Learning for Modeling Brain Structure

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Autori principali: Xia, Chengzhi, Chen, Jianwei, Jiang, Yixuan, Yan, Qi, Li, Chao
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author Xia, Chengzhi
Chen, Jianwei
Jiang, Yixuan
Yan, Qi
Li, Chao
author_facet Xia, Chengzhi
Chen, Jianwei
Jiang, Yixuan
Yan, Qi
Li, Chao
contents Multimodal MRI offers complementary multi-scale information to characterize the brain structure. However, it remains challenging to effectively integrate multimodal MRI while achieving neuroscience interpretability. Here we propose to use Laplacian harmonics and spectral graph theory for multimodal alignment and multiscale integration. Based on the cortical mesh and connectome matrix that offer multi-scale representations, we devise Laplacian operators and spectral graph attentions to construct a shared latent space for model alignment. Next, we employ a disentangled learning combined with Graph Variational Autoencoder architectures to separate scale-specific and shared features. Lastly, we design a mutual information-informed bilevel regularizer to separate causal and non-causal factors based on the disentangled features, achieving robust model performance with enhanced interpretability. Our model outperforms baselines and other state-of-the-art models. The ablation studies confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed modules. Our model promises to offer a robust and interpretable framework for multi-scale brain structure analysis.
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spellingShingle Multiscale Causal Geometric Deep Learning for Modeling Brain Structure
Xia, Chengzhi
Chen, Jianwei
Jiang, Yixuan
Yan, Qi
Li, Chao
Neurons and Cognition
Multimodal MRI offers complementary multi-scale information to characterize the brain structure. However, it remains challenging to effectively integrate multimodal MRI while achieving neuroscience interpretability. Here we propose to use Laplacian harmonics and spectral graph theory for multimodal alignment and multiscale integration. Based on the cortical mesh and connectome matrix that offer multi-scale representations, we devise Laplacian operators and spectral graph attentions to construct a shared latent space for model alignment. Next, we employ a disentangled learning combined with Graph Variational Autoencoder architectures to separate scale-specific and shared features. Lastly, we design a mutual information-informed bilevel regularizer to separate causal and non-causal factors based on the disentangled features, achieving robust model performance with enhanced interpretability. Our model outperforms baselines and other state-of-the-art models. The ablation studies confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed modules. Our model promises to offer a robust and interpretable framework for multi-scale brain structure analysis.
title Multiscale Causal Geometric Deep Learning for Modeling Brain Structure
topic Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11738