Real-time estimation of dynamic functional connectivity networks
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Two novel and exciting avenues of neuroscientific research involve the study of task-driven dynamic reconfigurations of functional connectivity networks and the study of functional connectivity in real-time. While the former is a well-established field within neuroscience and has received considerable attention in recent years, the latter remains in its infancy. To date, the vast majority of real-time fMRI studies have focused on a single brain region at a time. This is due in part to the many challenges faced when estimating dynamic functional connectivity networks in real-time. In this work, we propose a novel methodology with which to accurately track changes in time-varying functional connectivity networks in real-time. The proposed method is shown to perform competitively when compared to state-of-the-art offline algorithms using both synthetic as well as real-time fMRI data. The proposed method is applied to motor task data from the Human Connectome Project as well as to data obtained from a visuospatial attention task. We demonstrate that the algorithm is able to accurately estimate task-related changes in network structure in real-time. Hum Brain Mapp, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Date Issued
2017-01-01
Date Acceptance
2016-08-10
Citation
Human Brain Mapping, 2017, 38 (1), pp.202-220
ISSN
1097-0193
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
202
End Page
220
Journal / Book Title
Human Brain Mapping
Volume
38
Issue
1
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
Grant Number
103980/Z/14/Z
103980/Z/14/Z
Subjects
dynamic networks
functional connectivity
neurofeedback
real-time
streaming penalized optimization
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-09-07