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In this work we use the persistent homology method, a technique in topological data analysis (TDA), to extract essential topological features from the data space and combine them with deep learning features for classification tasks. In TDA,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Mariana Dória Prata Lima , Gilson Antonio Giraldi , Gastão Florêncio Miranda Junior

Given a finite set in a metric space, the topological analysis generalizes hierarchical clustering using a 1-parameter family of homology groups to quantify connectivity in all dimensions. The connectivity is compactly described by the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-07-22 Herbert Edelsbrunner , Hubert Wagner

Persistent homology offers a powerful tool for extracting hidden topological signals from brain networks. It captures the evolution of topological structures across multiple scales, known as filtrations, thereby revealing topological…

Recently, multi-scale notions of local homology (a variant of persistent homology) have been used to study the local structure of spaces around a given point from a point cloud sample. Current reconstruction guarantees rely on constructing…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-04-24 Primoz Skraba , Bei Wang

Brain functional connectivity (FC) extracted from resting-state fMRI (RS-fMRI) has become a popular approach for disease diagnosis, where discriminating subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normal controls (NC) is still one of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-31 Weizheng Yan , Han Zhang , Jing Sui , Dinggang Shen

Brain networks from functional MRI have advanced our understanding of cortical activity and its disruption in neurodegenerative disorders. Recent work has increasingly focused on dynamic (time-varying) brain networks that capture both…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-04-14 Nicolas Rubido , Venia Batziou , Marwan Fuad , Vesna Vuksanovic

We use topological data analysis to study "functional networks" that we construct from time-series data from both experimental and synthetic sources. We use persistent homology with a weight rank clique filtration to gain insights into…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2017-05-24 Bernadette J. Stolz , Heather A. Harrington , Mason A. Porter

Persistent homology provides a new approach for the topological simplification of big data via measuring the life time of intrinsic topological features in a filtration process and has found its success in scientific and engineering…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2014-12-09 Bao Wang , Guo-Wei Wei

Learning how to estimate a connectional brain template(CBT) from a population of brain multigraphs, where each graph (e.g., functional) quantifies a particular relationship between pairs of brain regions of interest (ROIs), allows to pin…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Oytun Demirbilek , Islem Rekik

Persistent homology is a popular method for computing topological features of (metric) data. Standard approaches based on the \v{C}ech or Rips filtration are stable under small perturbations of the data, but highly sensitive to outliers.…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Pepijn Roos Hoefgeest , Lucas Slot

In neuroimaging, extensive post-processing of resting-state functional MRI (rfMRI) data is necessary for its application and investigation in relation to brain-behavior associations. Such post-processing is used to derive brain…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Ty Easley , Kevin Freese , Elizabeth Munch , Janine Bijsterbosch

Recurrent signals give rise to trajectories that repeatedly return close to earlier states in state space. Many analysis methods therefore require a principled notion of similarity between states. In practice, a recurrence threshold sets…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Omer Bahadir Eryilmaz , Cihan Katar , Max A. Little

We give bounds for dimension 0 persistent homology and codimension 1 homology of Vietoris--Rips, alpha, and cubical complex filtrations from finite sets related by enrichment (adding new elements), sparsification (removing elements), and…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Jānis Lazovskis , Ran Levi , Juliano Morimoto

Persistent homology (PH) has recently emerged as a powerful tool for extracting topological features. Integrating PH into machine learning and deep learning models enhances topology awareness and interpretability. However, most PH methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Xinyang Chen , Amaël Broustet , Guanyuan Zeng , Cheng He , Guoting Chen

Now that disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer disease have been approved by regulatory agencies, the early, objective, and accurate clinical diagnosis of AD based on the lowest-cost measurement modalities possible has become an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-13 Faisal Ahmed , Taymaz Akan , Fatih Gelir , Owen T. Carmichael , Elizabeth A. Disbrow , Steven A. Conrad , Mohammad A. N. Bhuiyan

Alzheimer's disease (AD) progresses through distinct stages, from early mild cognitive impairment (EMCI) to late mild cognitive impairment (LMCI) and eventually to AD. Accurate identification of these stages, especially distinguishing LMCI…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Aswini Kumar Patra , Soraisham Elizabeth Devi , Tejashwini Gajurel

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and thus enrolling MCI subjects to undergo clinical trials is worthwhile. However, MCI groups usually show significant diversity and heterogeneity in the…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-08-26 Muheng Shang , Jin Zhang , Junwei Han , Lei Du

In this study, we present a novel computational method for generating molecular fingerprints using multiparameter persistent homology (MPPH). This technique holds considerable significance for drug discovery and materials science, where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Andac Demir , Francis Prael , Bulent Kiziltan

Multi-modal neuroimaging technology has greatlly facilitated the efficiency and diagnosis accuracy, which provides complementary information in discovering objective disease biomarkers. Conventional deep learning methods, e.g. convolutional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-26 Yanwu Yang , Xutao Guo , Zhikai Chang , Chenfei Ye , Yang Xiang , Ting Ma

Clearing is a simple but effective optimization for the standard algorithm of persistent homology (PH), which dramatically improves the speed and scalability of PH computations for Vietoris--Rips filtrations. Due to the quick growth of the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2023-08-04 Ulrich Bauer , Fabian Lenzen , Michael Lesnick