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Hierarchical Brain Structure Modeling for Predicting Genotype of Glioma

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2025-08-14 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Isocitrate DeHydrogenase (IDH) mutation status is a crucial biomarker for glioma prognosis. However, current prediction methods are limited by the low availability and noise of functional MRI. Structural and morphological connectomes offer a non-invasive alternative, yet existing approaches often ignore the brain's hierarchical organisation and multiscale interactions. To address this, we propose Hi-SMGNN, a hierarchical framework that integrates structural and morphological connectomes from regional to modular levels. It features a multimodal interaction module with a Siamese network and cross-modal attention, a multiscale feature fusion mechanism for reducing redundancy, and a personalised modular partitioning strategy to enhance individual specificity and interpretability. Experiments on the UCSF-PDGM dataset demonstrate that Hi-SMGNN outperforms baseline and state-of-the-art models, showing improved robustness and effectiveness in IDH mutation prediction.

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@article{arxiv.2508.09593,
  title  = {Hierarchical Brain Structure Modeling for Predicting Genotype of Glioma},
  author = {Haotian Tang and Jianwei Chen and Xinrui Tang and Yunjia Wu and Zhengyang Miao and Chao Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.09593},
  year   = {2025}
}