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In order to study the application of multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fusion technology in schizophrenia, a 4-way multi-modal fusion method based on mCCA+jICA is used to fuse the local consistency and functional network connection of resting-state functional MRI, gray matter volume of structural MRI, and partial anisotropy of diffusion MRI four characteristics of large sample of schizophrenic patients in multi-site China, trying to find out the common characteristics of function and structure of significant differences between schizophrenia and healthy controls. It is found that compared with normal people, schizophrenic patients show higher local consistency, lower gray matter volume, lower functional network connectivity and decreased white matter integrity in the anterior thalamic radiation, upper bundle and other bundles in brain areas such as basal ganglia network, hippocampus and prominence network. There is a significant correlation between a thalamocortical perceptual loop and auditory hallucination in schizophrenia, and there is a high degree of spatial consistency and commonality among the three MRI features. The higher the volume of gray matter in the dorsolateral and medial prefrontal cortex is, the higher the integrity of white matter fibers such as corticospinal tract, superior longitudinal tract and anterior thalamic radiation is, the higher the digital backward score is, and the better the working memory ability of the subjects is.
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Wang, X., Zhao, N., Shi, J. et al. Discussion on the Application of Multi-modal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fusion in Schizophrenia. J Med Syst 43, 131 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-019-1215-7
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