AveLI: A robust lateralization index in functional magnetic resonance imaging using unbiased threshold-free computation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Matsuo, Kayako ^a   Chen, Shen Hsing Annabel ^b   Tseng, Wen Yih Isaac ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; FMRI; Hemispheric dominance; Language network; Laterality index; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AVELI COMPUTATION; BRAIN HEMISPHERE LATERALITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REGION OF INTEREST; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862788894     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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