Publications

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2025
  1. BrainGeneBot: A Framework for Variant Prioritization and Generative Pretrained Transformer-Informed Interpretation Across Polygenic Risk Score Studies

    Gang Qu*, Nithya Enduru, Xiaoqian Liu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Zhongming Zhao. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 26(5):bbaf565, 2025.

  2. Integrated Brain Connectivity Analysis with fMRI, DTI, and sMRI Powered by Interpretable Graph Neural Networks

    Gang Qu*, Ziyu Zhou, Vince D. Calhoun, Aiying Zhang, Yu-Ping Wang. Medical Image Analysis, 103:103570, 2025.

  3. A Deep Spatio-Temporal Architecture for Dynamic ECN Analysis with Granger Causality Based Causal Discovery

    Fangfei Xu, Yanjiang Wang, Gang Qu, Vince D. Calhoun, Julia M. Stephen, Tony W. Wilson, Yu-Ping Wang, Changfeng Qiao. Pattern Recognition, 172:112346, 2025.

2024
  1. Interpretable Cognitive Ability Prediction: A Comprehensive Gated Graph Transformer Framework for Analyzing Functional Brain Networks

    Gang Qu*, Anton Orlichenko, Junqi Wang, Gemeng Zhang, Li Xiao, Kun Zhang, Tony W. Wilson, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 43(4):1568-1578, 2024.

  2. Explainable Spatio-Temporal Graph Evolution Learning with Applications to Dynamic Brain Network Analysis During Development

    Liang Chen, Changfeng Qiao, Kewu Ren, Gang Qu, Vince D. Calhoun, Julia M. Stephen, Tony W. Wilson, Yu-Ping Wang. NeuroImage, 298:120771, 2024.

  3. A Deep Dynamic Causal Learning Model to Study Changes in Dynamic Effective Connectivity During Brain Development

    Yanjiang Wang, Changfeng Qiao, Gang Qu, Vince D. Calhoun, Julia M. Stephen, Tony W. Wilson, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 71(12):3390-3401, 2024.

  4. Multiview Hyperedge-Aware Hypergraph Embedding Learning for Multisite, Multiatlas fMRI Based Functional Connectivity Network Analysis

    Weizhao Wang, Li Xiao, Gang Qu, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang, Xingyu Sun. Medical Image Analysis, 94:103144, 2024.

  5. Explainable Multimodal Graph Isomorphism Network for Interpreting Sex Differences in Adolescent Neurodevelopment

    Binish Patel, Anton Orlichenko, Arjun Patel, Gang Qu, et al. Applied Sciences, 14(10):4144, 2024.

2023
  1. Latent Similarity Identifies Important Functional Connections for Phenotype Prediction

    Anton Orlichenko, Gang Qu, Gemeng Zhang, Binish Patel, Tony W. Wilson, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 70(6):1979-1989, 2023.

  2. Dynamic Weighted Hypergraph Convolutional Network for Brain Functional Connectome Analysis

    Junqi Wang, Hailong Li, Gang Qu, Kim M. Cecil, Jonathan R. Dillman, Nehal A. Parikh, Lili He. Medical Image Analysis, 87:102828, 2023.

2022
  1. Brain Functional Connectivity Analysis via Graphical Deep Learning

    Gang Qu*, Wenxing Hu, Li Xiao, Junqi Wang, Yuntong Bai, Beenish Patel, Kun Zhang, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69(5):1696-1706, 2022.

  2. Distance Correlation-Based Brain Functional Connectivity Estimation and Non-Convex Multi-Task Learning for Developmental fMRI Studies

    Li Xiao, Biao Cai, Gang Qu, Gemeng Zhang, Julia M. Stephen, Tony W. Wilson, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69(10):3039-3050, 2022.

  3. Deep Learning in Neuroimaging: Promises and Challenges

    Weizheng Yan, Gang Qu, Wenxing Hu, Anees Abrol, Biao Cai, Chen Qiao, Sergey M. Plis, Yu-Ping Wang, Jing Sui, Vince D. Calhoun. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 39(2):87-98, 2022. (W. Yan, G. Qu, W. Hu contributed equally)

2021
  1. Ensemble Manifold Regularized Multi-Modal Graph Convolutional Network for Cognitive Ability Prediction

    Gang Qu*, Li Xiao, Wenxing Hu, Junqi Wang, Kun Zhang, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(12):3564-3573, 2021.

  2. Functional Network Estimation Using Multigraph Learning with Application to Brain Maturation Study

    Junqi Wang, Li Xiao, Wenxing Hu, Gang Qu, Tony W. Wilson, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. Human Brain Mapping, 42:2880-2892, 2021.

  3. Interpretable Multimodal Fusion Networks Reveal Mechanisms of Brain Cognition

    Wenxing Hu, Xianghe Meng, Yuntong Bai, Aiying Zhang, Gang Qu, Biao Cai, Gemeng Zhang, Tony W. Wilson, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, Yu-Ping Wang. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 40(5):1474-1483, 2021.

2020
  1. Graph Temporal Ensembling Based Semi-supervised Convolutional Neural Network with Noisy Labels for Histopathology Image Analysis

    Xiaoshuang Shi, Hai Su, Fuyong Xing, Yun Liang, Gang Qu, Lin Yang. Medical Image Analysis, 60:101624, 2020.

Conference Proceedings

  1. A Novel GNN Framework Integrating Neuroimaging and Behavioral Information to Understand Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders

    Wenjing Yu, Gang Qu, Young-geun Kim, Lin Xu, Aiying Zhang. Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL), 2025.

  2. A Graph-Based Generative Adversarial Network Model for Inferring Task-State from Resting-State Functional Connectivity Networks

    Tiantian Jin, Haoteng Guan, Li Xiao, Gang Qu, Yu-Ping Wang. ICASSP 2025, IEEE, pp. 1-5.

  3. Spatio-Temporal Mapping Generative Adversarial Network for Functional Connectivity Network Reconstruction Across Brain Atlases

    Haoteng Guan, Tiantian Jin, Li Xiao, Gang Qu, Yu-Ping Wang. ICASSP 2025, IEEE, pp. 1-5.

  4. A Graph Deep Learning Model for the Classification of Groups with Different IQ Using Resting State fMRI

    Gang Qu*, Wenxing Hu, Li Xiao, Yu-Ping Wang. SPIE Medical Imaging 2020, vol. 11317, 113170A.

  5. Phenotype Guided Interpretable Graph Convolutional Network Analysis of fMRI Data Reveals Changing Brain Connectivity During Adolescence

    Anton Orlichenko, Gang Qu, Yu-Ping Wang. SPIE Medical Imaging 2022, vol. 12036, 1203612.

  6. Thought Graph: Balancing Specificity and Uncertainty in LLM-Based Gene Set Annotation

    Kaden Cox, Gang Qu*, et al. IEEE 13th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), IEEE, 2025, pp. 462-470.

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