Objective The theory of complex network reveals the topological properties in
human brain structure and functional network.The method of modeling the brain functional
network based on white matter fiber tracking is to analyze variation characteristics of the
functional network of the patients with glioma.Methods First,we preprocess the data with the
spm8 package based on matlab platform.Then,MRI white matter fiber bundle and small-world
network theory are utilized to build the brain function network of 20 normal persons and 20
glioma patients.By analyzing network connectivity of brain function,cluster coefficient,the
average path and other parameters,the small world topological properties are studied.Results
Compared with the normal persons,the brain functional network of the glioma patients is
destroyed.The small-world network properties and the ability of network fault tolerance of the
glioma patients decrease obviously.The functional areas of maximum information transmission
shift and the average path in middle frontal gyrus,gyrus rectus and paracentral lobule region
is abnormal.Conclusions The variation in brain functional network of the glioma patients is
obvious and the small world properties significantly decrease.
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