Generative approaches for cross-modality transformation have recently gained
significant attention in neuroimaging. While most previous work has focused on
case-control data, the application of generative models to disorder-specific
datasets and their ability to preserve diagnostic patterns remain relatively
unexplored. Hence, in this study, we investigated the use of a generative
adversarial network (GAN) in the context of Alzheimer's disease (AD) to
generate functional network connectivity (FNC) and T1-weighted structural
magnetic resonance imaging data from each other. We employed a cycle-GAN to
synthesize data in an unpaired data transition and enhanced the transition by
integrating weak supervision in cases where paired data were available. Our
findings revealed that our model could offer remarkable capability, achieving a
structural similarity index measure (SSIM) of $0.89 \pm 0.003$ for T1s and a
correlation of $0.71 \pm 0.004$ for FNCs. Moreover, our qualitative analysis
revealed similar patterns between generated and actual data when comparing AD
to cognitively normal (CN) individuals. In particular, we observed
significantly increased functional connectivity in cerebellar-sensory motor and
cerebellar-visual networks and reduced connectivity in cerebellar-subcortical,
auditory-sensory motor, sensory motor-visual, and cerebellar-cognitive control
networks. Additionally, the T1 images generated by our model showed a similar
pattern of atrophy in the hippocampal and other temporal regions of Alzheimer's
patients.

研究探索了在阿尔茨海默病的语境中使用生成对抗网络（GAN）从功能网络连接和 T1 加权结构磁共振成像数据中生成相应的数据，并通过集成弱监督的方式提高数据过渡的质量。结果显示模型具有良好的相似性和相关性，并在阿尔茨海默病患者的脑部图像中发现了特定的变化模式。