An exploration of graph metric reproducibility in complex brain networks

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 MAY, 2013, Pages

  Telesford, Qawi K ^a   Burdette, Jonathan H ^a   Laurienti, Paul J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Complex systems; Graph theory; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Network science; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLEX BRAIN NETWORK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPH METRIC REPRODUCIBILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84878872512     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00067     Document Type: Review

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