Multi-modal cross-domain self-supervised pre-training for fMRI and EEG fusion.

Journal: Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
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Abstract

Neuroimaging techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalogram (EEG) have shown promise in detecting functional abnormalities in various brain disorders. However, existing studies often focus on a single domain or modality, neglecting the valuable complementary information offered by multiple domains from both fMRI and EEG, which is crucial for a comprehensive representation of disorder pathology. This limitation poses a challenge in effectively leveraging the synergistic information derived from these modalities. To address this, we propose a Multi-modal Cross-domain Self-supervised Pre-training Model (MCSP), a novel approach that leverages self-supervised learning to synergize multi-modal information across spatial, temporal, and spectral domains. Our model employs cross-domain self-supervised loss that bridges domain differences by implementing domain-specific data augmentation and contrastive loss, enhancing feature discrimination. Furthermore, MCSP introduces cross-modal self-supervised loss to capitalize on the complementary information of fMRI and EEG, facilitating knowledge distillation within domains and maximizing cross-modal feature convergence. We constructed a large-scale pre-training dataset and pretrained MCSP model by leveraging proposed self-supervised paradigms to fully harness multimodal neuroimaging data. Through comprehensive experiments, we have demonstrated the superior performance and generalizability of our model on multiple classification tasks. Our study contributes a significant advancement in the fusion of fMRI and EEG, marking a novel integration of cross-domain features, which enriches the existing landscape of neuroimaging research, particularly within the context of mental disorder studies.

Authors

  • Xinxu Wei
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA. Electronic address: xiw523@lehigh.edu.
  • Kanhao Zhao
    Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
  • Yong Jiao
    Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA. Electronic address: yoj323@lehigh.edu.
  • Nancy B Carlisle
    Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA. Electronic address: nbc415@lehigh.edu.
  • Hua Xie
    Department of Gynecology, Jilin Central General Hospital, Jilin, China.
  • Gregory A Fonzo
    Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: gfonzo@austin.utexas.edu.
  • Yu Zhang
    College of Marine Electrical Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China.