publications | Tong Chen

2026

MICCAI

HiLoGraph: Hierarchical-Longitudinal Brain Network Representation Learning

Tong Chen, Minheng Chen, Jing Zhang, Chao Cao, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2026

Early accept (top 9%)

@inproceedings{chen2026hilograph,
  title = {HiLoGraph: Hierarchical-Longitudinal Brain Network Representation Learning},
  author = {Chen, Tong and Chen, Minheng and Zhang, Jing and Cao, Chao and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Early accept (top 9%)}
}

ISBI

Folding-Fiducial Geodesic Representation for Morphometric Similarity Networks in Neurodegenerative Disease Characterization

Minheng Chen, Tong Chen, Chao Cao, Jing Zhang, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2026

Bib

@inproceedings{chen2026folding_fiducial,
  title = {Folding-Fiducial Geodesic Representation for Morphometric Similarity Networks in Neurodegenerative Disease Characterization},
  author = {Chen, Minheng and Chen, Tong and Cao, Chao and Zhang, Jing and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2026},
}

ISBI

Integrating Population and Individual Brain Network with Mixture-of-Experts for Mild Cognitive Impairment Study

Jing Zhang, Yanjun Lyu, Chao Cao, Minheng Chen, Tong Chen, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2026

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2026population_moe,
  title = {Integrating Population and Individual Brain Network with Mixture-of-Experts for Mild Cognitive Impairment Study},
  author = {Zhang, Jing and Lyu, Yanjun and Cao, Chao and Chen, Minheng and Chen, Tong and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2026},
}

ISBI

Gyral-Sulcal-Net: An Integrated Network Representation of Brain Folding Patterns

Chao Cao, Tong Chen, Nan Zhao, Minheng Chen, Michael Qu, Zeyu Zhang, Xiao Shi, Xiang Li, Tianming Liu, and Lu Zhang

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2026

Co-first author

Bib

@inproceedings{cao2026gyral_sulcal_net,
  title = {Gyral-Sulcal-Net: An Integrated Network Representation of Brain Folding Patterns},
  author = {Cao, Chao and Chen, Tong and Zhao, Nan and Chen, Minheng and Qu, Michael and Zhang, Zeyu and Shi, Xiao and Li, Xiang and Liu, Tianming and Zhang, Lu},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Co-first author}
}

NeuroImage

Community-level modeling of gyral folding patterns for robust and anatomically informed individualized brain mapping

Minheng Chen, Tong Chen, Yan Zhuang, Chao Cao, Jing Zhang, Tianming Liu, Lu Zhang, and Dajiang Zhu

NeuroImage, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{chen2026community_folding,
  title = {Community-level modeling of gyral folding patterns for robust and anatomically informed individualized brain mapping},
  author = {Chen, Minheng and Chen, Tong and Zhuang, Yan and Cao, Chao and Zhang, Jing and Liu, Tianming and Zhang, Lu and Zhu, Dajiang},
  journal = {NeuroImage},
  pages = {122037},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122037},
}

2025

AAIC

Representing the Cognitive Impairment Continuum of Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia with a Novel Finer-Scale Cortical Representation via Disease Embedding Tree

Tong Chen, Minheng Chen, Yan Zhuang, Jing Zhang, Lu Zhang, Tianming Liu, Andrew M. Blamire, John-Paul Taylor, Li Su, John T. O’Brien, and Dajiang Zhu

Alzheimer’s & Dementia (AAIC conference abstract), 2025

AAIC conference abstract

Bib

@article{chen2025disease_embedding_tree,
  title = {Representing the Cognitive Impairment Continuum of Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia with a Novel Finer-Scale Cortical Representation via Disease Embedding Tree},
  author = {Chen, Tong and Chen, Minheng and Zhuang, Yan and Zhang, Jing and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Tianming and Blamire, Andrew M. and Taylor, John-Paul and Su, Li and O'Brien, John T. and Zhu, Dajiang},
  journal = {Alzheimer's \& Dementia (AAIC conference abstract)},
  volume = {21},
  pages = {e102179},
  year = {2025},
  note = {AAIC conference abstract}
}

MICCAI

Core-Periphery Principle Guided State Space Model for Functional Connectome Classification

Minheng Chen, Xiaowei Yu, Jing Zhang, Tong Chen, Chao Cao, Yan Zhuang, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{chen2025coreperiphery_ssm,
  title = {Core-Periphery Principle Guided State Space Model for Functional Connectome Classification},
  author = {Chen, Minheng and Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Jing and Chen, Tong and Cao, Chao and Zhuang, Yan and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)},
  year = {2025},
}

MICCAI

Domain-Adaptive Diagnosis of Lewy Body Disease with Transferability Aware Transformer

Xiaowei Yu, Jing Zhang, Tong Chen, Yan Zhuang, Minheng Chen, Chao Cao, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{yu2025domain_adaptive,
  title = {Domain-Adaptive Diagnosis of Lewy Body Disease with Transferability Aware Transformer},
  author = {Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Jing and Chen, Tong and Zhuang, Yan and Chen, Minheng and Cao, Chao and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)},
  year = {2025},
}

MLMI

GyralNet Subnetwork Partitioning via Differentiable Spectral Modularity Optimization

Yan Zhuang, Minheng Chen, Chao Cao, Tong Chen, Jing Zhang, Xiaowei Yu, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhuang2025gyralnet,
  title = {GyralNet Subnetwork Partitioning via Differentiable Spectral Modularity Optimization},
  author = {Zhuang, Yan and Chen, Minheng and Cao, Chao and Chen, Tong and Zhang, Jing and Yu, Xiaowei and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI)},
  pages = {477--486},
  year = {2025},
}

MLMI

Bridging Brain Connectomes and Clinical Reports for Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

Jing Zhang, Xiaowei Yu, Minheng Chen, Lu Zhang, Tong Chen, Yan Zhuang, Chao Cao, Yanjun Lyu, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2025bridging,
  title = {Bridging Brain Connectomes and Clinical Reports for Early Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis},
  author = {Zhang, Jing and Yu, Xiaowei and Chen, Minheng and Zhang, Lu and Chen, Tong and Zhuang, Yan and Cao, Chao and Lyu, Yanjun and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI)},
  pages = {604--614},
  year = {2025},
}

ICDMW

BrainNet-MoE: Brain-Inspired Mixture-of-Experts Learning for Neurological Disease Identification

Jing Zhang, Xiaowei Yu, Tong Chen, Chao Cao, Minheng Chen, Yan Zhuang, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2025brainnet_moe,
  title = {BrainNet-MoE: Brain-Inspired Mixture-of-Experts Learning for Neurological Disease Identification},
  author = {Zhang, Jing and Yu, Xiaowei and Chen, Tong and Cao, Chao and Chen, Minheng and Zhuang, Yan and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW)},
  pages = {1995--2001},
  year = {2025},
}

ISBI

Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment Based on Dynamic Functional Connectivity Using Spatio-Temporal Transformer

Jing Zhang, Yanjun Lyu, Xiaowei Yu, Lu Zhang, Chao Cao, Tong Chen, Minheng Chen, Yan Zhuang, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2025stt,
  title = {Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment Based on Dynamic Functional Connectivity Using Spatio-Temporal Transformer},
  author = {Zhang, Jing and Lyu, Yanjun and Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Lu and Cao, Chao and Chen, Tong and Chen, Minheng and Zhuang, Yan and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2025},
}

ISBI

Brain-Adapter: Enhancing Neurological Disorder Analysis with Adapter-Tuning Multimodal Large Language Models

Jing Zhang, Xiaowei Yu, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Tong Chen, Chao Cao, Yan Zhuang, Minheng Chen, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{zhang2025brain_adapter,
  title = {Brain-Adapter: Enhancing Neurological Disorder Analysis with Adapter-Tuning Multimodal Large Language Models},
  author = {Zhang, Jing and Yu, Xiaowei and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Chen, Tong and Cao, Chao and Zhuang, Yan and Chen, Minheng and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2025},
}

ISBI

Using Structural Similarity and Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Anatomical Embedding of Cortical Folding Patterns

Minheng Chen, Chao Cao, Tong Chen, Yan Zhuang, Jing Zhang, Yanjun Lyu, Xiaowei Yu, Lu Zhang, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{chen2025kan_folding,
  title = {Using Structural Similarity and Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Anatomical Embedding of Cortical Folding Patterns},
  author = {Chen, Minheng and Cao, Chao and Chen, Tong and Zhuang, Yan and Zhang, Jing and Lyu, Yanjun and Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2025},
}

ISBI

CA-VQVAE: Cortical Folding Aware Numerical Representation of White-Matter Structure

Yanjun Lyu, Jing Zhang, Lu Zhang, Tong Chen, Xiaowei Yu, Minheng Chen, Yan Zhuang, Chao Cao, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{lyu2025cavqvae,
  title = {CA-VQVAE: Cortical Folding Aware Numerical Representation of White-Matter Structure},
  author = {Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Jing and Zhang, Lu and Chen, Tong and Yu, Xiaowei and Chen, Minheng and Zhuang, Yan and Cao, Chao and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  year = {2025},
}

AAIC

Gyral-Sulcal Net: A Novel Brain Network Representation for Mild Cognitive Impairment Classification

Yanjun Lyu, Xiaowei Yu, Michael Qu, Tong Chen, Nan Zhao, Xiang Li, and Lu Zhang

Alzheimer’s & Dementia (AAIC conference abstract), 2025

AAIC conference abstract

Bib

@article{lyu2025gyral_sulcal_abstract,
  title = {Gyral-Sulcal Net: A Novel Brain Network Representation for Mild Cognitive Impairment Classification},
  author = {Lyu, Yanjun and Yu, Xiaowei and Qu, Michael and Chen, Tong and Zhao, Nan and Li, Xiang and Zhang, Lu},
  journal = {Alzheimer's \& Dementia (AAIC conference abstract)},
  volume = {21},
  pages = {e102417},
  year = {2025},
  note = {AAIC conference abstract}
}

MICCAI

A Unified Continuous Staging Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia via Hierarchical Anatomical Features

Tong Chen, Minheng Chen, Jing Zhang, Yan Zhuang, Chao Cao, Xiaowei Yu, Yanjun Lyu, Lu Zhang, Li Su, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2025

Early accept (top 9%)

Bib Code

@inproceedings{chen2025unified_staging,
  title = {A Unified Continuous Staging Framework for Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia via Hierarchical Anatomical Features},
  author = {Chen, Tong and Chen, Minheng and Zhang, Jing and Zhuang, Yan and Cao, Chao and Yu, Xiaowei and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Lu and Su, Li and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)},
  address = {Daejeon, South Korea},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Early accept (top 9%)}
}

2024

MICCAI

Gyri vs. Sulci: Core-Periphery Organization in Functional Brain Networks

Xiaowei Yu, Lu Zhang, Chao Cao, Tong Chen, Yanjun Lyu, Jing Zhang, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{yu2024gyri_sulci,
  title = {Gyri vs. Sulci: Core-Periphery Organization in Functional Brain Networks},
  author = {Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Lu and Cao, Chao and Chen, Tong and Lyu, Yanjun and Zhang, Jing and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)},
  year = {2024},
}

ISBI

Enhancing Group-Wise Consistency in 3-Hinge Gyrus Matching via Anatomical Embedding and Structural Connectivity Optimization

Chao Cao, Xiaowei Yu, Lu Zhang, Tong Chen, Yanjun Lyu, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{cao2024three_hinge,
  title = {Enhancing Group-Wise Consistency in 3-Hinge Gyrus Matching via Anatomical Embedding and Structural Connectivity Optimization},
  author = {Cao, Chao and Yu, Xiaowei and Zhang, Lu and Chen, Tong and Lyu, Yanjun and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)},
  address = {Athens, Greece},
  year = {2024},
}

Psychorad

Exploring Alzheimer’s Disease: A Comprehensive Brain Connectome-Based Survey

Lu Zhang, Junqi Qu, Haotian Ma, Tong Chen, Tianming Liu, and Dajiang Zhu

Psychoradiology, 2024

Bib

@article{zhang2024connectome_survey,
  title = {Exploring Alzheimer's Disease: A Comprehensive Brain Connectome-Based Survey},
  author = {Zhang, Lu and Qu, Junqi and Ma, Haotian and Chen, Tong and Liu, Tianming and Zhu, Dajiang},
  journal = {Psychoradiology},
  pages = {kkad033},
  year = {2024},
}

2022

ICMLA

Improving Fashion Attribute Classification Accuracy with Limited Labeled Data Using Transfer Learning

Tong Chen, Jiho Noh, Luke Cranfill, John Morris, and Junggab Son

In 21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2022

Oral presentation (acceptance rate 32.4%)

Bib

@inproceedings{chen2022fashion,
  title = {Improving Fashion Attribute Classification Accuracy with Limited Labeled Data Using Transfer Learning},
  author = {Chen, Tong and Noh, Jiho and Cranfill, Luke and Morris, John and Son, Junggab},
  booktitle = {21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
  address = {Nassau, The Bahamas},
  year = {2022},
  note = {Oral presentation (acceptance rate 32.4%)}
}