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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Time-resolved analysis of fMRI signal changes using Brain Activation Movies
Organization Unit
Authors
  • C Windischberger
  • R Cunnington
  • C Lamm
  • R Lanzenberger
  • H Langenberger
  • L Deecke
  • H Bauer
  • E Moser
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0165-0270
Volume 169
Number 1
Page Range 222 - 230
Date 2008
Abstract Text Conventional fMRI analyses assess the summary of temporal information in terms of the coefficients of temporal basis functions. Based on established finite impulse response (FIR) analysis methodology we show how spatiotemporal statistical parametric maps may be concatenated to form Brain Activation Movies (BAMs), dynamic activation maps representing the temporal evolution of brain activation throughout task performance. These BAMs enable comprehensive assessment of the dynamics in functional topology without restriction to predefined regions and without detailed information on the stimulus paradigm. We apply BAM visualization to two fMRI studies demonstrating the additional spatiotemporal information available compared to standard fMRI result presentation. Here we show that BAMs allow for unbiased data visualization providing dynamic activation maps without assumptions on the neural activity except reproducibility across trials. It may thus be useful in proceeding from static to dynamic brain mapping, widening the range of fMRI in neuroscience. In addition, BAMs might be helpful tools in visualizing the temporal evolution of activation in "real-time" for better and intuitive understanding of temporal processes in the human brain.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.033
PubMed ID 18207248
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