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Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 A brief overview of fMRI
1.2 The emergence of cognitive neuroscience
1.3 A brief history of fMRI analysis
1.4 Major components of fMRI analysis
1.5 Software packages for fMRI analysis
1.6 Choosing a software package
1.7 Overview of processing streams
1.8 Prerequisites for fMRI analysis
2 Image processing basics
2.1 What is an image?
2.2 Coordinate systems
2.3 Spatial transformations
2.4 Filtering and Fourier analysis
3 Preprocessing fMRI data
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An overview of fMRI preprocessing
3.3 Quality control techniques
3.4 Distortion correction
3.5 Slice timing correction
3.6 Motion correction
3.7 Spatial smoothing
4 Spatial normalization
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Anatomical variability
4.3 Coordinate spaces for neuroimaging
4.4 Atlases and templates
4.4.1 The Talairach atlas
4.4.2 The MNI templates
4.5 Preprocessing of anatomical images
4.5.1 Bias field correction
4.5.2 Brain extraction
4.5.3 Tissue segmentation
4.6 Processing streams for fMRI normalization
4.7 Spatial normalization methods
4.7.1 Landmark-based methods
4.7.2 Volume-based registration
4.7.3 Computational anatomy
4.8 Surface-based methods
4.9 Choosing a spatial normalization method
4.10 Quality control for spatial normalization
4.11 Troubleshooting normalization problems
4.12 Normalizing data from special populations
5 Statistical modeling: Single subject analysis
5.1 The BOLD signal
5.2 The BOLD noise
5.2.1 Characterizing the noise
5.2.2 High-pass filtering
5.2.3 Prewhitening
5.2.4 Precoloring
5.3 Study design and modeling strategies
6 Statistical modeling: Group analysis
6.1 The mixed effects model
6.1.1 Motivation
6.1.2 Mixed effects modeling approach used in fMRI
6.1.3 Fixed effects models
6.2 Mean centering continuous covariates
6.2.1 Single group
6.2.2 Multiple groups
7 Statistical inference on images
7.1 Basics of statistical inference
7.2 Features of interest in images
7.3 The multiple testing problem and solutions
7.3.1 Familywise error rate
7.3.1.1 Bonferroni correction
7.3.1.2 Random field theory
7.3.1.3 Parametric simulations
7.3.1.4 Nonparametric approaches
7.3.2 False discovery rate
7.3.3 Inference example
7.4 Combining inferences: masking and conjunctions
7.5 Use of region of interest masks
7.6 Computing statistical power
8 Modeling brain connectivity
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Functional connectivity
8.2.1 Seed voxel correlation: Between-subjects
8.2.2 Seed voxel correlation: Within-subjects
8.2.2.1 Avoiding activation-induced correlations
8.2.3 Beta-series correlation
8.2.4 Psychophysiological interaction
8.2.4.1 Creating the PPI regressor
8.2.4.2 Potential problems with PPI
8.2.5 Multivariate decomposition
8.2.5.1 Principal components analysis
8.2.5.2 Independent components analysis
8.2.5.3 Performing ICA/PCA on group data
8.2.6 Partial least squares
8.3 Effective connectivity
8.4 Network analysis and graph theory
8.4.1 Small world networks
8.4.2 Modeling networks with resting-state fMRI data
8.4.3 Preprocessing for connectivity analysis
9 Multivoxel pattern analysis and machine learning
9.1 Introduction to pattern classification
9.1.1 An overview of the machine learning approach
9.1.1.1 Features, observations, and the “curse of dimensionality”
9.1.1.2 Overfitting
9.2 Applying classifiers to fMRI data
9.3 Data extraction
9.4 Feature selection
9.5 Training and testing the classifier
9.5.1 Feature selection/elimination
9.5.2 Classifiers for fMRI data
9.5.2.1 Linear vs. nonlinear classifiers
9.5.2.2 Computational limitations
9.5.2.3 Tendency to overfit
9.5.3 Which classifier is best?
9.5.4 Assessing classifier accuracy
9.6 Characterizing the classifier
10 Visualizing, localizing, and reporting fMRI data
10.1 Visualizing activation data
10.2 Localizing activation
10.2.1 The Talairach atlas
10.2.2 Anatomical atlases
10.2.3 Probabilistic atlases
10.2.4 Automated anatomical labeling
10.3 Localizing and reporting activation
10.4 Region of interest analysis
10.4.1 ROIs for statistical control
10.4.2 Defining ROIs
10.4.3 Quantifying signals within an ROI
10.4.3.1 Voxel-counting
10.4.3.2 Extracting signals for ROI analysis
10.4.3.3 Computing percent signal change
10.4.3.4 Summarizing data within an ROI
Appendix A: Review of the General Linear Model
A.1 Estimating GLM parameters
A.2 Hypothesis testing
A.3 Correlation and heterogeneous variances
A.4 Why "general'' linear model?
Appendix B: Data organization and management
B.1 Computing for fMRI analysis
B.2 Data organization
B.3 Project management
B.4 Scripting for data analysis
Appendix C: Image formats
C.1 Data storage
C.2 File formats
Bibliography
Index