Effective artifact removal in resting state fMRI data improves detection of DMN functional connectivity alteration in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue AUGUST, 2015, Pages

  Griffanti, Ludovica ^a,b,c   Dipasquale, Ottavia ^a,b   Laganà, Maria M ^a   Nemni, Raffaello ^a,d   Clerici, Mario ^a,d   Smith, Stephen M ^c   Baselli, Giuseppe ^b   Baglio, Francesca ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Artifacts; Default mode network; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Resting state

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REMOVAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84940174903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00449     Document Type: Article

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