Transcript Lesson 14

M.Tech. (CS), Semester III, Course B50
Functional Brain Signal
Processing: EEG & fMRI
Lesson 14
Kaushik Majumdar
Indian Statistical Institute
Bangalore Center
[email protected]
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Why Statistics in fMRI?
Reading Exercise on Multiple
Comparison Correction
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroske
ptic/2009/09/16/fmri-gets-slap-in-the-facewith-a-dead-fish/#.UlWjfz_3EdX
Step 1: Gaussian Smoothing
Gaussian smoothing with 8 mm
FWHM.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com
/neuroskeptic/2009/09/16/fmrigets-slap-in-the-face-with-a-deadfish/#.UlWjfz_3EdX
Step 2: Z Score Thresholding
Euler characteristics 2
after Z score thresholding.
So region of activation is
2 and they are shown in
the figure.
http://blogs.discovermaga
zine.com/neuroskeptic/20
09/09/16/fmri-gets-slap-inthe-face-with-a-deadfish/#.UlWjfz_3EdX
Buxton, 2009, p. 369
BOLD Activation Detection amidst
Noise
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During activation, change in BOLD signal is 1% due to
a 50% change in cerebral blood flow, when scanned
by a 1.5 T scanner.
Noise in the BOLD signal due to blood and CSF
motion caused by pulsating heart often causes around
1% fluctuation.
In single shot EPI a large number of images during
activation and control are required to average to
detect BOLD changes due to activation.
Vasomotion
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A regular oscillation of blood flow and
oxygenation called vasomotion has been
observed in numerous optical studies at
frequencies around 0.1 Hz. It is significant at
high magnetic field, but its origin is not well
understood yet.
Buxton, 2009
FFT of MR Signal During
Activation
Buxton, 2009
Noise vs. Activation
Buxton, 2009
BOLD Activation Time Course
More on BOLD Activation
Detection
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Subtraction
t – test
Correlation (next slide)
Fourier transform (slide after the next)
Noll, 2001
Detection by Subtraction
Statistical Parametric Map
yij   M (i, k )akj  eij
k
In matrix form:
Y  Ma  e
yij is the response of the ith voxel at the
jth time instance, M(i,k) unit kth effect
on the ith voxel, akj is intensity of kth
effect in jth time instance and eij is error
in calculating yij assumed to be
independently and identically
distributed across all the voxels and
time instances.
Monti, 2011
GLM in fMRI Time Series
Buxton, 2009
Detection by Correlation
A simple approximation for
the model response to block
stimulus pattern is a
trapezoid with a 6s ramp
delayed by 2s from the
onset of the stimulus block.
At voxel correlation
coefficient between model
function and the actual time
series at the voxel is
calculated the thresholded.
2s
6s
Detection by Fourier Transform
Poldrack et al., 2011
h * f (t )   h( ) f (t   )d
Buxton, 2009
Buxton, 2009
General Linear Model (GLM)
GLM – Geometrical Representation
GLM – Mathematical Derivation
Y  YM  YE
YM  Ma
M  [M 1 M 2 ]
MT Y  MT YM  MT YE  M T Ma
1
a  (M M ) M Y
T
a  LY
T
Buxton, 2009, p. 384
Contrast
Any linear combination of model amplitudes can
be thought of as a contrast of the form c =
w1a1 + w2a2. So c = aTw.
c  (a w ) (a w )  w (aa )w
2
T
T
T
T
T
c 2  wT aaT w
aaT  (LYM )(LYM )T  L(YM YMT )LT
aaT  L YM YMT LT
Since projection of data
on the model space, not
on the error space,
determines magnitude a
= LYM.
Noise Sensitivity of the fMRI
If both YM and YE are independent Gaussian noise,
then Y Y   I. The variance aaT is given by
M
T
aa
T
M
2
 L YM Y
T
M
1 T
L   LL  (M M ) M  M (M M ) 
T
2
T
T
1
T
T
aaT   2 (MT M) 1
So for any contrast of interest defined by a vector
of weight w the variance is
 w2   2 wT (MT M ) 1 w, which gives noise
sensitivity of an fMRI experiment.
SNR in fMRI Experiment
SNR(w ) 
c
w

T
a w
 w (M M ) w
T
T
1
This is the SNR in an fMRI experiment according to GLM.
References
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R. B. Buxton, Introduction to Functional Magnetic
Resonance Imaging, 2e, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, UK, 2009. Chapter 15.
M. M. Monti, Statistical analysis of fMRI time
series: a critical review of GLM approach,
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5: 28, 2011,
available online at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC306
2970/
THANK YOU
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