Summary of A Lesion-aware Edge-based Graph Neural Network For Predicting Language Ability in Patients with Post-stroke Aphasia, by Zijian Chen et al.
A Lesion-aware Edge-based Graph Neural Network for Predicting Language Ability in Patients with Post-stroke Aphasia
by Zijian Chen, Maria Varkanitsa, Prakash Ishwar, Janusz Konrad, Margrit Betke, Swathi Kiran, Archana Venkataraman
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Signal Processing (eess.SP); Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel graph neural network (LEGNet) that integrates lesion information to predict language ability from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) connectivity in patients with post-stroke aphasia. The model consists of three components: an edge-based learning module, a lesion encoding module, and a subgraph learning module that leverages functional similarities for prediction. Synthetic data derived from the Human Connectome Project is used for hyperparameter tuning and model pretraining. The performance is evaluated using repeated 10-fold cross-validation on an in-house dataset of post-stroke aphasia, demonstrating LEGNet’s superiority over baseline deep learning methods. Additionally, LEGNet shows excellent generalization ability when tested on a second in-house dataset with a slightly different neuroimaging protocol. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper uses special computer models to help doctors understand how people can talk again after having a stroke. They make a new kind of model that takes into account any damage to the brain caused by the stroke. This helps the model predict how well someone will be able to communicate after their stroke. The researchers used special tools and lots of data to train the model, and it did better than other models at predicting language abilities. It even worked well when tested with new data that was slightly different from what it had been trained on. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Generalization » Graph neural network » Hyperparameter » Pretraining » Synthetic data
