Huan Yang, Hang Wu, Lingcong Kong, Wen Luo, Qiuyou Xie, Jiahui Pan, Wuxiu Quan, Lianting Hu, Dantong Li, Xuehai Wu, Huiying Liang, Pengmin Qing
Diagnosis of disorders of consciousness (DOC) remains a formidable challenge. Deep learning methods have been widely applied in general neurological and psychiatry disorders, while limited in DOC domain. Considering the successful use of resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) for evaluating patients with DOC, this study seeks to explore the conjunction of deep learning techniques and rs-fMRI in precisely detecting awareness in DOC. We initiated our research with a benchmark dataset comprising 140 participants, including 76 unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), 25 minimally conscious state (MCS), and 39 Controls, from three independent sites...
March 18, 2024: NeuroImage