Digital pathology of the living brain: a voxel-level spatio-temporal network for explainable ADHD diagnosis from raw rs-fMRI across multiple scanner sites - Takeaways - MDSpire

Digital pathology of the living brain: a voxel-level spatio-temporal network for explainable ADHD diagnosis from raw rs-fMRI across multiple scanner sites

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  • Punna Rao Vuyyuru

  • Sathya Babu Korra

  • Srinivas Naik Nenavath

  • June 30, 2026

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    ADHD affects approximately 5–7% of children and adolescents globally, with current diagnoses relying on subjective behavioral assessments.

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    VoxSTNet is a novel framework that processes raw rs-fMRI BOLD volumes, preserving the complete signal while reducing computational burden.

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    The model achieved an accuracy of 98.7% in five-fold cross-validation and 78.4% under the Leave-One-Site-Out protocol.

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    HiResCAM saliency maps identified the right caudate nucleus as a key region in ADHD diagnosis, demonstrating voxel-level interpretability.

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    VoxSTNet aims to improve cross-site generalizability and reduce reliance on specialist preprocessing in resource-limited settings.

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