NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity
As the practice of aggregating multi-site neuroimaging data has become more common, the field of neuroscience has increasingly recognized the importance of harmonization , or the removal of scanner effects from brain imaging data. While many harmonization methods exist, like ComBat and CovBat, few e...
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| author | Gustav R. Sjobeck Mahbaneh Eshaghzadeh Torbati Davneet S. Minhas Charles S. DeCarli James D. Wilson Dana L. Tudorascu |
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| description | As the practice of aggregating multi-site neuroimaging data has become more common, the field of neuroscience has increasingly recognized the importance of harmonization , or the removal of scanner effects from brain imaging data. While many harmonization methods exist, like ComBat and CovBat, few explicitly incorporate the network structure of the brain. Researchers studying structural connectivity are therefore not guaranteed to model the true underlying brain network. This study offers a new harmonization method, called NetBat, which was designed to incorporate network parameters from the weighted stochastic block model (WSBM) as covariates in the popular ComBat harmonization method. NetBat is demonstrated through analysis of eighteen neurotypical individuals each scanned on four MRI scanners. Results suggest that under tested circumstances NetBat provides more accurate overall harmonization and better retention of network structure than competing methods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-33a33d1f0a294ecbb0088294ba7f38ce2025-08-20T03:29:31ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722025-08-0131712131710.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121317NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivityGustav R. Sjobeck0Mahbaneh Eshaghzadeh Torbati1Davneet S. Minhas2Charles S. DeCarli3James D. Wilson4Dana L. Tudorascu5University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, United States of America; Correspondence to: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America.University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, United States of AmericaUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, United States of AmericaUniversity of California, Davis, Department of Neurology, United States of AmericaUniversity of San Francisco, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, United States of AmericaUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, United States of AmericaAs the practice of aggregating multi-site neuroimaging data has become more common, the field of neuroscience has increasingly recognized the importance of harmonization , or the removal of scanner effects from brain imaging data. While many harmonization methods exist, like ComBat and CovBat, few explicitly incorporate the network structure of the brain. Researchers studying structural connectivity are therefore not guaranteed to model the true underlying brain network. This study offers a new harmonization method, called NetBat, which was designed to incorporate network parameters from the weighted stochastic block model (WSBM) as covariates in the popular ComBat harmonization method. NetBat is demonstrated through analysis of eighteen neurotypical individuals each scanned on four MRI scanners. Results suggest that under tested circumstances NetBat provides more accurate overall harmonization and better retention of network structure than competing methods.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925003209Network harmonizationStructural connectivityMulti-scan studies |
| spellingShingle | Gustav R. Sjobeck Mahbaneh Eshaghzadeh Torbati Davneet S. Minhas Charles S. DeCarli James D. Wilson Dana L. Tudorascu NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity NeuroImage Network harmonization Structural connectivity Multi-scan studies |
| title | NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| title_full | NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| title_fullStr | NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| title_short | NetBat: A network-driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| title_sort | netbat a network driven harmonization method for structural connectivity |
| topic | Network harmonization Structural connectivity Multi-scan studies |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925003209 |
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