Inferring individual-level variations in the functional parcellation of the cerebral cortex
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Nie, L
Matthews, PM
Guo, Y
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Objective: Functional parcellation of the cerebral cortex is variable across different subjects or between cognitive states. Ignoring individual - or state - dependent variations in the functional parcellation may lead to inaccurate representations of individual functional connectivity, limiting the precision of interpretations of differences in individual connectivity profiles. However, it is difficult to infer the individual-level variations due to the relatively low robustness of methods for parcellation of individual subjects. Methods: We propose a method called “joint K-means” to robustly parcellate the cerebral cortex using fMRI data for contrasts between two states or subjects that intended to characterize variance in individual functional parcellations. The key idea of the proposed method is to jointly infer parcellations in contrasted datasets by iterative descent, while constraining the similarity of the two pathways in searches for local minima to reduce spurious variations. Results: Parcellations of resting-state fMRI datasets from the Human Connectome Project show that the similarity of parcellations for an individual subject studied on two sessions is greater than that between different subjects. Differences in parcellations between subjects are non-uniformly distributed across the cerebral cortex, with clusters of higher variance in the prefrontal, lateral temporal and occipito-parietal cortices. This pattern is reproducible across sessions, between groups and using different numbers of parcels. Conclusion: The individual-level variations inferred by the proposed method are plausible and consistent with the previously reported functional connectivity variability. Significance: The proposed method is a promising tool for investigating relationships between the cerebral functional organization and behavioral differences.
Date Issued
2016-05-19
Date Acceptance
2016-05-19
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2016, 63 (12), pp.2505-2517
ISSN
0018-9294
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
2505
End Page
2517
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Volume
63
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/N014529/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering
Clustering
functional connectivity
functional parcellation
individual-level variations
K-means
RESTING-STATE FMRI
HUMAN CONNECTOME PROJECT
HUMAN BRAIN
K-MEANS
CONNECTIVITY
INTELLIGENCE
ORGANIZATION
VARIABILITY
REGIONS
AREAS
Adult
Algorithms
Cerebral Cortex
Cluster Analysis
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Young Adult
0903 Biomedical Engineering
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Publication Status
Published