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The invention discloses a method for detecting a time-stable community in a brain function network, which mainly comprises the following steps: obtaining preprocessed neural image or electroencephalogram data, defining nodes of a brain function network and extracting a neural signal time sequence of each node; constructing a brain dynamic function network by adopting a sliding time window method; performing cluster analysis on the brain dynamic function network sequence to obtain functional connections under a plurality of brain states, and thus obtaining a switching relation among different brain states; performing optimal community division on the functional network in each brain state, wherein each node of the brain functional network is distributed into a certain community; calculating the community solidification degree of each group of node pairs of the brain function network according to the community division result, and extracting all the node pairs with the community solidification degree equal to 1 to obtain the time-stable community of the brain function network; the method is low in time complexity, and can be used as a basis for the follow-up research of time-stable communities in the brain function network.

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Method for detecting time-stable community in brain function network
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of biomedical information processing, and particularly relates to a method for detecting a time-stable community in a brain function network.
Background
Complex network science has been widely used to study the mechanisms of cognitive function of the brain. When the brain processes cognitive tasks, brain areas which are coordinated with each other form close functional connection, and a community structure of a brain function network is formed. Within communities, functional connections between brain regions are tight and strong, while functional connections between communities are relatively sparse and weak.
In order to adapt to different cognitive states, the strength of functional connection between different brain areas can be dynamically changed, so that the community membership of the brain areas is changed, and the reorganization of the brain function network community structure is caused. Most of the existing researches focus on the research on the relationship between the structural change of the brain function network community and the cognitive function, and in the researches of other fields of complex networks, the time-stable community has attracted the attention of researchers. The time-stable community refers to a relatively stable community structure formed in a complex network along with the evolution of time, and the community structure cannot be damaged in the reforming process of the network community structure. To study the time-stable communities in the brain function network, the time-stable communities need to be detected and identified first.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned needs, the present invention is to solve the following problems:
the method for detecting the time-stable community in the brain function network is provided, the detection and the identification of the time-stable community in the brain function network are realized, and a basis is provided for the further research and analysis of the time-stable community in the brain function network.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a method for detecting time-stable communities in a brain function network comprises the following steps:
1) acquiring preprocessed neural images or electroencephalogram data, and defining nodes of a brain function network according to a standardized brain partition template or an electroencephalogram channel position;
2) extracting a neural signal time sequence of each node of the brain functional network;
3) dividing a time sequence of each node of the brain functional network into a plurality of subsections which are mutually overlapped and have the same length by adopting a sliding time window method, and constructing a brain dynamic functional network which changes along with time according to a Pearson correlation or mutual information network construction method;
4) reforming the upper triangular element of each brain dynamic function network matrix, which does not contain diagonal elements, into a column vector, and integrating all obtained column vectors into a new function connection matrix FCv according to the time sequence, wherein the matrix contains function connection information of the brain dynamic function network at all times;
5) adopting a K-means clustering algorithm to perform clustering analysis on the FCv matrix, clustering all column vectors of the FCv matrix into a plurality of classes according to the dunne score of a clustering result, wherein each class corresponds to functional connection in one brain state, the column vectors of the FCv matrix belong to one brain state respectively, and obtaining a switching relation between the brain states according to the arrangement sequence of the column vectors in the FCv matrix;
6) calculating the average value of all FCv matrix column vectors contained in each brain state, and restoring the obtained average value column vectors into a square matrix form, namely obtaining a functional connection network in each brain state;
7) performing optimal community division on the function connection network in each brain state, wherein the community division quality is obtained by a modularity function Q:
Figure BDA0002831831240000021
wherein m represents the number of connecting edges of the brain function connecting network, AijRepresents the strength of the connecting edge between the network node i and the node j, kiRepresents the degree of the node i, if the node i and the node j belong to the same community, delta(s)i,sj) 1, otherwise δ(s)i,sj)=0;
8) Evaluating the community division result of the functional connection network under each brain state by using a modularity function Q, and finally adopting a community division scheme with the maximum Q value, wherein each node of the functional connection network under each brain state is distributed to a certain community;
9) calculating all brain states by community solidityIn the event switching, one node is the proportion of switching events belonging to the same community. Degree of consortium consolidation SDijThe expression is as follows:
Figure BDA0002831831240000031
wherein R represents the number of brain state pairs with switching relationship, and C if the node i and the node j belong to the same community in the brain state pi,pCj,p1, otherwise Ci,pCj,p0; SD if node i and node j belong to the same community in all brain state switching eventsij=1;
10) The community solidification degree matrix of the brain function connection network is obtained by calculating the community solidification degree of each group of node pairs of the brain function connection network, and each element of the matrix represents the community solidification degree of one node pair; and extracting all node pairs with the community solidification degree equal to 1 to obtain the time-stable community in the brain function network.
The method comprises the steps of firstly constructing a brain dynamic function network sequence by adopting a sliding time window method, then extracting upper triangular elements of each function network and arranging the upper triangular elements according to a time sequence to form a new function connection matrix FCv, then classifying FCv column vectors by adopting a K-means clustering algorithm to obtain a plurality of function connection networks in a brain state and a mutual switching relation of the function connection networks along with time, then carrying out optimal community division on the function connection networks in each brain state, finally calculating community solidification degree of each group of node pairs of the brain function networks according to community division results, and extracting all node pairs with community solidification degree equal to 1 to obtain a time stable community of the brain function network.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1) compared with the traditional brain dynamic function network research method, the method provided by the invention has the advantages that the upper triangular elements of the brain dynamic function network matrix are firstly extracted before the clustering algorithm is applied, and the time complexity of the subsequent clustering algorithm operation is favorably improved.
2) The time stabilization community of the brain function network is extracted through the community solidification degree, and a foundation can be made for the follow-up research of the time stabilization community in the brain function network.
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Example (b): a specific embodiment of a method for detecting a time-stable community in a brain function network comprises the following steps:
1) obtaining preprocessed neural image or electroencephalogram data, and defining nodes of a brain function network according to a standardized brain partition template or an electroencephalogram channel position. In this embodiment, functional nuclear magnetic resonance imaging data is adopted, an AAL brain partition template is selected, and a human brain is divided into 90 brain areas, that is, a brain functional network includes 90 nodes;
2) calculating the time sequence average value of all voxels contained in each brain region in functional nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and extracting neural signal time sequences of 90 nodes of a brain functional network;
3) the present embodiment includes 110 neuroimaging data to be tested. And dividing the time sequence of each node of all tested brain function networks into a plurality of sub-sections which are mutually overlapped and have the same length by adopting a sliding time window method. In this embodiment, the total length of the time series of each brain region is 152, the length of the selected time window is 30, the interval step length of the window is 1, and each subject obtains 122 time series subsections in total;
4) and calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient of the time sequences of any two brain areas in each tested time sequence subsection to construct a brain dynamic function network which changes along with time. In this embodiment, a total of 122 × 110 — 13420 brain function networks are obtained;
5) the upper triangular elements of each brain dynamic function network matrix not containing diagonal elements are reformed into a column vector, and all the obtained column vectors are integrated into a new function connection matrix FCv in time order. In the embodiment, the size of the matrix FCv is 3960 × 13420, and the matrix contains the functional connection information of all tested brain dynamic function networks at all times;
6) and (3) carrying out clustering analysis on the FCv matrix by adopting a K-means clustering algorithm, clustering all column vectors of the FCv matrix into a plurality of classes according to the dunne score of a clustering result, wherein each class corresponds to functional connection in one brain state, the column vectors of the FCv matrix belong to one brain state respectively, and obtaining the switching relation among the brain states according to the arrangement sequence of the column vectors in the FCv matrix. In the present embodiment, 10 kinds of brain states, 28 kinds of brain state switching relations are obtained;
7) calculating the average value of all FCv matrix column vectors contained in each brain state, and restoring the obtained average value column vectors into a square matrix form, namely obtaining a functional connection network in each brain state;
8) performing optimal community division on the function connection network in each brain state, wherein the community division quality is obtained by a modularity function Q:
Figure BDA0002831831240000051
wherein m represents the number of connecting edges of the brain function connecting network, AijRepresents the strength of the connecting edge between the network node i and the node j, kiRepresents the degree of the node i, if the node i and the node j belong to the same community, delta(s)i,sj) 1, otherwise δ(s)i,sj)=0;
9) Evaluating the community division result of the functional connection network under each brain state by using a modularity function Q, and finally adopting a community division scheme with the maximum Q value, wherein each node of the functional connection network under each brain state is distributed to a certain community;
10) and calculating the proportion of one node to switching events belonging to the same community in all brain state switching events by adopting community solidity. Degree of consortium consolidation SDijThe expression is as follows:
Figure BDA0002831831240000061
in the formula, R represents the number of brain state pairs with switching relationship, and if the node i and the node j belong to the same community in the brain state p, Ci,pCj,p1, otherwise Ci,pCj,pIf node i and node j belong to the same community in all brain state switching events, SD is 0ij=1;
11) The community solidification degree matrix of the brain function connection network is obtained by calculating the community solidification degree of each group of node pairs of the brain function connection network, and each element of the matrix represents the community solidification degree of one node pair; and extracting all node pairs with the community solidification degree equal to 1 to obtain the time-stable community of the brain function network. In this example, a total of 3 time-stable communities are obtained, including 6, and 13 brain regions, respectively.
The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. A method for detecting time-stable communities in a brain function network is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:
1) acquiring preprocessed neural images or electroencephalogram data, and defining nodes of a brain function network according to a standardized brain partition template or an electroencephalogram channel position;
2) extracting a neural signal time sequence of each node of the brain functional network;
3) dividing a time sequence of each node of the brain functional network into a plurality of subsections which are mutually overlapped and have the same length by adopting a sliding time window method, and constructing a brain dynamic functional network which changes along with time according to a Pearson correlation or mutual information network construction method;
4) reforming the upper triangular element of each brain dynamic function network matrix, which does not contain diagonal elements, into a column vector, and integrating all obtained column vectors into a new function connection matrix FCv according to the time sequence, wherein the matrix contains function connection information of the brain dynamic function network at all times;
5) adopting a K-means clustering algorithm to perform clustering analysis on the FCv matrix, clustering all column vectors of the FCv matrix into a plurality of classes according to the dunne score of a clustering result, wherein each class corresponds to functional connection in one brain state, the column vectors of the FCv matrix belong to one brain state respectively, and obtaining a switching relation between the brain states according to the arrangement sequence of the column vectors in the FCv matrix;
6) calculating the average value of all FCv matrix column vectors contained in each brain state, and restoring the obtained average value column vectors into a square matrix form, namely obtaining a functional connection network in each brain state;
7) performing optimal community division on the function connection network in each brain state, wherein the community division quality is obtained by a modularity function Q:
Figure FDA0002831831230000011
wherein m represents the number of connecting edges of the brain function connecting network, AijRepresents the strength of the connecting edge between the network node i and the node j, kiRepresents the degree of the node i, if the node i and the node j belong to the same community, delta(s)i,sj) 1, otherwise δ(s)i,sj)=0;
8) Evaluating the community division result of the functional connection network under each brain state by using a modularity function Q, and finally adopting a community division scheme with the maximum Q value, wherein each node of the functional connection network under each brain state is distributed to a certain community;
9) and calculating the proportion of one node to switching events belonging to the same community in all brain state switching events by adopting community solidity. Degree of consortium consolidation SDijThe expression is as follows:
Figure FDA0002831831230000021
wherein R represents the number of brain state pairs with switching relationship, and C if the node i and the node j belong to the same community in the brain state pi,pCj,p1, otherwise Ci,pCj,p0; SD if node i and node j belong to the same community in all brain state switching eventsij=1;
10) The community solidification degree matrix of the brain function connection network is obtained by calculating the community solidification degree of each group of node pairs of the brain function connection network, and each element of the matrix represents the community solidification degree of one node pair; and extracting all node pairs with the community solidification degree equal to 1 to obtain the time-stable community in the brain function network.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method comprises detecting the time-stable community in the reorganization process of the brain function network community by using community solidity; the community solidity of one node pair is defined as the proportion of one node pair to switching events belonging to the same community in all brain state function connection switching events.
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