期刊
FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00054
关键词
HRF; fMRI; BOLD fMRI; distinguishability; model selection; experimental paradigm
资金
- Portuguese Science Foundation [PTDC/SAU-ENB/112294/2009, PTDC/BBB-IMG/2137/2012]
- FCT [UID/EEA/50009/2013]
- University of Macau [MYRG117(Y1-L3)-FST12-MKM]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/BBB-IMG/2137/2012, PTDC/SAU-ENB/112294/2009] Funding Source: FCT
Modeling the Hemodynamic Response Function (HRF) is a critical step in fMRI studies of brain activity, and it is often desirable to estimate HRF parameters with physiological interpretability. A biophysically informed model of the HRF can be described by a non-linear time-invariant dynamic system. However, the identification of this dynamic system may leave much uncertainty on the exact values of the parameters. Moreover, the high noise levels in the data may hinder the model estimation task. In this context, the estimation of the HRF may be seen as a problem of model falsification or invalidation, where we are interested in distinguishing among a set of eligible models of dynamic systems. Here, we propose a systematic tool to determine the distinguishability among a set of physiologically plausible HRF models. The concept of absolutely input-distinguishable systems is introduced and applied to a biophysically informed HRF model, by exploiting the structure of the underlying non-linear dynamic system. A strategy to model uncertainty in the input time-delay and magnitude is developed and its impact on the distinguishability of two physiologically plausible HRF models is assessed, in terms of the maximum noise amplitude above which it is not possible to guarantee the falsification of one model in relation to another. Finally, a methodology is proposed for the choice of the input sequence, or experimental paradigm, that maximizes the distinguishability of the HRF models under investigation. The proposed approach may be used to evaluate the performance of HRF model estimation techniques from fMRI data.
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