Abstract
A core task in the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is to detect groups of voxels that exhibit synchronous activity while the subject is performing a certain task. Synchronous activity is typically interpreted as functional connectivity between brain regions. We compare classical approaches like statistical parametric mapping (SPM) and some new approaches that are loosely based on frequent pattern mining principles, but restricted to the local neighborhood of a voxel. In particular, we examine how a soft notion of activity (rather than a binary one) can be modeled and exploited in the analysis process. In addition, we explore a fault-tolerant notion of synchronous activity of groups of voxels in both the binary and the soft/fuzzy activity setting. We apply the methods to fMRI data from a visual stimulus experiment to demonstrate their usefulness.KeywordsFunctional ConnectivityBlood Oxygen Level DependentfMRI DataStatistical Parametric MappingLocal ConnectivityThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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