Simulations to benchmark time-varying connectivity methods for fMRI

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Thompson, William Hedley ^a,b   Richter, Craig Geoffrey ^c   Plavén Sigray, Pontus ^b   Fransson, Peter ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NEUROIMAGING; PYTHON;

'CURRENT; GROUND TRUTH; PROPERTY; SLIDING WINDOW; SPATIAL DISTANCE; TEMPORAL DERIVATIVES; TEST TIME; TIME VARYING; TRACK CHANGES; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BENCHMARKING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SCIENTIST; SIMULATION; BENCHMARKING; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BENCHMARKING; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 85048182262     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006196     Document Type: Article

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