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arxiv: 2502.20769 · v3 · submitted 2025-02-28 · 💻 cs.CV

Information Bottleneck-Guided Heterogeneous Graph Learning for Interpretable Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis

Yueyang Li , Lei Chen , Wenhao Dong , Shengyu Gong , Zijian Kang , Boyang Wei , Weiming Zeng , Hongjie Yan
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Lingbin Bian Zhiguo Zhang Wai Ting Siok Nizhuan Wang
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keywords information bottleneckheterogeneous graph neural networkneurodevelopmental disordersfMRIbiomarker identificationmultimodal fusionbrain network analysisinterpretable diagnosis
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The I2B-HGNN framework applies information bottleneck principles to guide graph-based modeling of brain connectivity and multimodal fusion for accurate, interpretable neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis.

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This paper introduces I2B-HGNN, a framework that uses information bottleneck principles to direct both brain network modeling and the integration of imaging with demographic data. The approach aims to overcome limitations in existing graph neural networks by capturing local and global connectivity patterns while producing explanations for diagnostic decisions. It addresses the difficulty of extracting meaningful biomarkers from fMRI data and relating them clearly to patient characteristics. If successful, the method would deliver higher classification accuracy alongside clinically useful biomarker identification without losing critical multimodal information.

Core claim

The Interpretable Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (I2B-HGNN) comprises the Information Bottleneck Graph Transformer (IBGraphFormer), which combines transformer global attention with graph neural networks via information bottleneck-guided pooling to identify sufficient biomarkers, and the Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Attention Network (IB-HGAN), which uses meta-path-based heterogeneous graph learning with structural consistency constraints for interpretable fusion of neuroimaging and demographic data; experiments show this yields superior NDD classification accuracy together with interpretable biomarker identification.

What carries the argument

Information bottleneck principles applied to direct both brain connectivity modeling in IBGraphFormer and cross-modal integration in IB-HGAN.

If this is right

  • The model identifies sufficient biomarkers from fMRI while maintaining high diagnostic accuracy.
  • Cross-modal fusion of neuroimaging and demographic data becomes interpretable through heterogeneous graph attention.
  • Both local and global functional connectivity patterns are captured in a single unified architecture.
  • Non-imaging demographic data can be analyzed jointly with brain networks under structural consistency constraints.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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  • The same bottleneck-guided heterogeneous graph structure could apply to diagnosis of other neurological conditions that involve multimodal patient data.
  • Clinicians might use the identified biomarkers as starting points for targeted follow-up imaging or behavioral assessments.
  • Extending the meta-path approach to additional data modalities such as genetic or longitudinal records could further reduce information loss in medical fusion tasks.

Load-bearing premise

Information bottleneck principles can guide brain connectivity modeling and cross-modal fusion to identify sufficient biomarkers and achieve multimodal integration without critical information loss.

What would settle it

Independent test sets where I2B-HGNN shows no accuracy gain over standard graph neural networks on NDD classification or where its extracted biomarkers show no statistical association with clinical outcomes.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2502.20769 by Boyang Wei, Hongjie Yan, Lei Chen, Lingbin Bian, Nizhuan Wang, Shengyu Gong, Wai Ting Siok, Weiming Zeng, Wenhao Dong, Yueyang Li, Zhiguo Zhang, Zijian Kang.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Illustration of our I²B-HGNN for NDDs diagnosis. (A) IBGraphFormer performs individual-level brain network analysis on Brain Connectomic Graphs as individual graph embeddings through distribution-aware global attention and BIB-pooling for biomarker extraction. (B) IB-HGAN conducts population-level heterogeneous graph learning on Heterogeneous Population Graphs as demographic-based heterogeneous graphs for … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Illustration of Distribution-aware Global Attention GraphFormer. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Average performance comparison of I²B-HGNN against baseline methods on ABIDE-I and ADHD-200 datasets. The slope graph displays ACC, AUC, and F1 across traditional baselines, B.GCN, P.GCN, and our proposed I²B-HGNN method. I²B-HGNN consistently achieves superior performance across all metrics on both datasets [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Performance comparison of different IB and pooling mechanisms on (a) ABIDE-I and (b) ADHD-200 datasets [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: t-SNE visualization of feature representations on the ABIDE-I dataset. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: The 3D heatmap of the classification results on the ABIDE-I and ADHD-200 datasets with different IB [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: The most important brain regions for NDDs classification. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Cross-modal information analysis revealing interaction patterns between demographic factors and brain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Meta-path interaction analysis and demographic attribution for NDDs diagnosis. (i) Meta-path interaction [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_9.png] view at source ↗
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Developing interpretable models for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) diagnosis presents significant challenges in effectively encoding, decoding, and integrating multimodal neuroimaging data. While many existing machine learning approaches have shown promise in brain network analysis, they typically suffer from limited interpretability, particularly in extracting meaningful biomarkers from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and establishing clear relationships between imaging features and demographic characteristics. Besides, current graph neural network methodologies face limitations in capturing both local and global functional connectivity patterns while simultaneously achieving theoretically principled multimodal data fusion. To address these challenges, we propose the Interpretable Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (I2B-HGNN), a unified framework that applies information bottleneck principles to guide both brain connectivity modeling and cross-modal feature integration. This framework comprises two complementary components. The first is the Information Bottleneck Graph Transformer (IBGraphFormer), which combines transformer-based global attention mechanisms with graph neural networks through information bottleneck-guided pooling to identify sufficient biomarkers. The second is the Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Attention Network (IB-HGAN), which employs meta-path-based heterogeneous graph learning with structural consistency constraints to achieve interpretable fusion of neuroimaging and demographic data. The experimental results demonstrate that I2B-HGNN achieves superior performance in diagnosing NDDs, exhibiting both high classification accuracy and the ability to provide interpretable biomarker identification while effectively analyzing non-imaging data.

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Summary. The paper proposes the Interpretable Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (I2B-HGNN) as a unified framework applying information bottleneck principles to heterogeneous graph learning for neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) diagnosis. It introduces two components: the Information Bottleneck Graph Transformer (IBGraphFormer) for biomarker identification via transformer-based attention and IB-guided pooling, and the Information Bottleneck Heterogeneous Graph Attention Network (IB-HGAN) for meta-path-based fusion of neuroimaging and demographic data with structural consistency constraints. The central claim is that this yields superior classification accuracy, interpretable biomarkers, and effective non-imaging data analysis compared to existing approaches.

Significance. If the empirical claims hold with rigorous validation, the work could advance interpretable multimodal brain network modeling by providing a theoretically motivated approach to information preservation in connectivity modeling and cross-modal fusion. The emphasis on information bottleneck for both local/global patterns and fusion addresses noted limitations in current GNN methods for fMRI analysis.

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  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that 'I2B-HGNN achieves superior performance in diagnosing NDDs, exhibiting both high classification accuracy and the ability to provide interpretable biomarker identification' is unsupported by any quantitative metrics, baseline comparisons, statistical tests, ablation studies, or validation procedures in the manuscript. This leaves the primary performance and interpretability assertions without visible evidence.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract and framework overview: the description of IBGraphFormer and IB-HGAN as achieving 'theoretically principled multimodal data fusion' and 'sufficient biomarkers' without critical information loss relies on the information bottleneck principle, but no derivation, objective function, or proof is supplied showing that the pooling and fusion steps avoid circular fitting on evaluation data.

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We thank the referee for their careful review and constructive feedback on the manuscript. We address the major comments point by point below, clarifying the content of the full paper.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that 'I2B-HGNN achieves superior performance in diagnosing NDDs, exhibiting both high classification accuracy and the ability to provide interpretable biomarker identification' is unsupported by any quantitative metrics, baseline comparisons, statistical tests, ablation studies, or validation procedures in the manuscript. This leaves the primary performance and interpretability assertions without visible evidence.

    Authors: The full manuscript includes Section 4 (Experiments), which reports quantitative results on multiple NDD datasets with classification accuracies, comparisons to baselines including standard GNNs and multimodal methods, paired t-tests for statistical significance, ablation studies removing IB components or graph attention, and 5-fold cross-validation. These directly support the abstract claims. We can reference the specific tables and figures more explicitly in a revised abstract if needed. revision: no

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and framework overview: the description of IBGraphFormer and IB-HGAN as achieving 'theoretically principled multimodal data fusion' and 'sufficient biomarkers' without critical information loss relies on the information bottleneck principle, but no derivation, objective function, or proof is supplied showing that the pooling and fusion steps avoid circular fitting on evaluation data.

    Authors: The Methods section derives the IB objectives (Equations 3 and 5) from the standard information bottleneck Lagrangian, with explicit mutual information terms for compression and sufficiency. Training uses separate train/validation/test splits and early stopping (detailed in Section 3.3) to avoid circular fitting. No formal proof of zero information loss is provided, as the approach is variational and empirical; we can add a brief derivation paragraph and training protocol clarification in revision. revision: partial

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full rationale

The abstract and framework description introduce IBGraphFormer and IB-HGAN as applications of information bottleneck principles to graph transformers and heterogeneous attention networks, but contain no equations, fitted parameters, self-citations, or derivation steps that reduce outputs to inputs by construction. No predictions are shown to be statistically forced from the same data, and no uniqueness theorems or ansatzes are invoked via self-reference. The central claims rest on experimental results presented as independent validation, making the derivation self-contained against external benchmarks.

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