Detection of scale-freeness in brain connectivity by functional MRI: Signal processing aspects and implementation of an open hardware co-processor

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1525-1531

  Minati, Ludovico ^a,b   Nigri, Anna ^b   Cercignani, Mara ^a   Chan, Dennis ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Graph based analysis; Network topology; Parallel processing; Scale freeness

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPH-BASED; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SCALE-FREENESS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; GRAPH THEORY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HARDWARE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER; CONNECTOME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCALE FREE NETWORK TOPOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSOR;

FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI); GRAPH-BASED ANALYSIS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SCALE FREENESS;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883198539     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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