Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder that is difficult to diagnose. Therefore, reliable biomarkers are needed. We implemented a method constructing a regional radiomics similarity network (R2SN) based on the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF). We classified patients...

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Main Authors: Dafa Shi, Zhendong Ren, Haoran Zhang, Guangsong Wang, Qiu Guo, Siyuan Wang, Jie Ding, Xiang Yao, Yanfei Li, Ke Ren
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Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
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author Dafa Shi
Zhendong Ren
Haoran Zhang
Guangsong Wang
Qiu Guo
Siyuan Wang
Jie Ding
Xiang Yao
Yanfei Li
Ke Ren
author_facet Dafa Shi
Zhendong Ren
Haoran Zhang
Guangsong Wang
Qiu Guo
Siyuan Wang
Jie Ding
Xiang Yao
Yanfei Li
Ke Ren
author_sort Dafa Shi
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description Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder that is difficult to diagnose. Therefore, reliable biomarkers are needed. We implemented a method constructing a regional radiomics similarity network (R2SN) based on the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF). We classified patients with PD and healthy individuals by using a machine learning approach in accordance with the R2SN connectome. The ALFF-based R2SN exhibited great reproducibility with different brain atlases and datasets. Great classification performances were achieved both in primary (AUC = 0.85 ± 0.02 and accuracy = 0.81 ± 0.03) and independent external validation (AUC = 0.77 and accuracy = 0.70) datasets. The discriminative R2SN edges correlated with the clinical evaluations of patients with PD. The nodes of discriminative R2SN edges were primarily located in the default mode, sensorimotor, executive control, visual and frontoparietal network, cerebellum and striatum. These findings demonstrate that ALFF-based R2SN is a robust potential neuroimaging biomarker for PD and could provide new insights into connectome reorganization in PD.
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spelling doaj.art-ec30c39d1f354c57929858d54a41c5b22023-04-05T08:23:59ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-03-0193e14325Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s diseaseDafa Shi0Zhendong Ren1Haoran Zhang2Guangsong Wang3Qiu Guo4Siyuan Wang5Jie Ding6Xiang Yao7Yanfei Li8Ke Ren9Department of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China; Xiamen Key Laboratory for Endocrine-Related Cancer Precision Medicine, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China; Corresponding author. Department of Radiology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder that is difficult to diagnose. Therefore, reliable biomarkers are needed. We implemented a method constructing a regional radiomics similarity network (R2SN) based on the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF). We classified patients with PD and healthy individuals by using a machine learning approach in accordance with the R2SN connectome. The ALFF-based R2SN exhibited great reproducibility with different brain atlases and datasets. Great classification performances were achieved both in primary (AUC = 0.85 ± 0.02 and accuracy = 0.81 ± 0.03) and independent external validation (AUC = 0.77 and accuracy = 0.70) datasets. The discriminative R2SN edges correlated with the clinical evaluations of patients with PD. The nodes of discriminative R2SN edges were primarily located in the default mode, sensorimotor, executive control, visual and frontoparietal network, cerebellum and striatum. These findings demonstrate that ALFF-based R2SN is a robust potential neuroimaging biomarker for PD and could provide new insights into connectome reorganization in PD.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023015323Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)BiomarkerNetworkMachine learningParkinson’s disease
spellingShingle Dafa Shi
Zhendong Ren
Haoran Zhang
Guangsong Wang
Qiu Guo
Siyuan Wang
Jie Ding
Xiang Yao
Yanfei Li
Ke Ren
Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
Heliyon
Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)
Biomarker
Network
Machine learning
Parkinson’s disease
title Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
title_full Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
title_fullStr Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
title_full_unstemmed Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
title_short Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation-based regional radiomics similarity network: Biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
title_sort amplitude of low frequency fluctuation based regional radiomics similarity network biomarker for parkinson s disease
topic Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)
Biomarker
Network
Machine learning
Parkinson’s disease
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023015323
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