Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 3, Pages 189-199Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.05.015
Keywords
EEG; fMRI; simultaneous EEG-fMRI; ballistocardiogram artefact; BCG; independent component analysis; ICA
Funding
- Medical Research Council [G9900259] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [G9900259] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G9900259] Funding Source: researchfish
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) data recorded simultaneously with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) suffer from severe artefacts. The ballistocardiogram (BCG) artefact in particular is as yet poorly understood and different BCG removal strategies have been proposed. In the present study, EEG data were recorded from four participants in three different MRI scanners with field strengths of 1.5, 3 and 7 T, with the aim of investigating the impact of the static magnetic field strength on the BCG artefact and independent component analysis (ICA). The results confirm that the amplitude of the BCG artefact is a function of the static magnetic field strength. Moreover, the spatial variability of the BCG artefact substantially increased at higher magnetic field strengths. A comparison of ICA before and after channel-wise BCG correction revealed that typical independent components could be more easily identified when ICA was applied after channel-wise BCG correction. Further analysis of EEG aid electrocardiogram recordings points towards the contribution of at least two different processes to the origin of the BCG, which are blood movement or axial head rotation oil the one hand and electrode movement at lateral sites of the head on the other. This is summarized in a preliminary BCG model that may help to explain recent inconsistencies regarding the usefulness of ICA for BCG removal. It may also guide the future development of more advanced BCG removal procedures. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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