Identification of Abnormal Cortical 3-Hinge Folding Patterns on Autism Spectral Brains

Ying Huang, Zhibin He, Tianming Liu, Lei Guo, Tuo Zhang

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Abstract

Cortical folding has been demonstrated to be correlated with brain connective diagrams and functions. Identifying meaningful cortical folding patterns and landmarks could be valuable for understanding the relation between brain structure and function, the mechanism of brain organization. It also facilitates brain disease studies such as autism spectral disease (ASD), which in turn provides valuable clues to relate the abnormal folding morphology to abnormal brain function. Recently, a novel cortical folding pattern was identified, which is the conjunction of multiple gyri, termed as a gyral hinge. The uniqueness and importance of such a pattern lie in its maximal cortical thickness, axon density and functional complexity. However, the morphology of this pattern is not explicitly studied and related to brain structure and function on either healthy or diseased brains. In this study, we conduct a comparative MRI study between control group and ASD group in their gyral hinge morphology. The identified difference in morphology and spatial distribution is associated with the reported functional and cognitive differences. Our results demonstrate that gyral hinges could be related to brain functions on disease brains and used as potential predictors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultimodal Brain Image Analysis and Mathematical Foundations of Computational Anatomy - 4th International Workshop, MBIA 2019, and 7th International Workshop, MFCA 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Proceedings
EditorsDajiang Zhu, Jingwen Yan, Heng Huang, Li Shen, Paul M. Thompson, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Xavier Pennec, Sarang Joshi, Mads Nielsen, Stefan Sommer, Tom Fletcher, Stanley Durrleman
PublisherSpringer
Pages57-65
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030332259
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event4th International Workshop on Multimodal Brain Image Analysis, MBAI 2019, and the 7th International Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Computational Anatomy, MFCA 2019, held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11846 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Workshop on Multimodal Brain Image Analysis, MBAI 2019, and the 7th International Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Computational Anatomy, MFCA 2019, held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period17/10/1917/10/19

Keywords

  • Autism spectral disease
  • Cortical morphology
  • Gyral hinge

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