Evaluating the reliability of different preprocessing steps to estimate graph theoretical measures in resting state fMRI data

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Aurich, Nathassia K ^a   Filho, José O Alves ^a   da Silva, Ana M Marques ^a   Franco, Alexandre R ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Graph theory; Pre processing; Reliability; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAPH THEORETICAL MEASURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924409523     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00048     Document Type: Article

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