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PMID: 10913325 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper concerns temporal filtering in fMRI time-series analysis. Whitening serially correlated data is the most efficient approach to parameter estimation. However, if there is a discrepancy between the assumed and the actual correlations, whitening can render the analysis exquisitely sensitive to bias when estimating the standard error of the ensuing parameter estimates. This bias, although not expressed in terms of the estimated responses, has profound effects on any statistic used for inference. The special constraints of fMRI analysis ensure that there will always be a misspecification of the assumed serial correlations. One resolution of this problem is to filter the data to minimize bias, while maintaining a reasonable degree of efficiency. In this paper we present expressions for efficiency (of parameter estimation) and bias (in estimating standard error) in terms of assumed and actual correlation structures in the context of the general linear model. We show that: (i) Whitening strategies can result in profound bias and are therefore probably precluded in parametric fMRI data analyses. (ii) Band-pass filtering, and implicitly smoothing, has an important role in protecting against inferential bias. |
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Authors:
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K J Friston; O Josephs; E Zarahn; A P Holmes; S Rouquette; J Poline |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: NeuroImage Volume: 12 ISSN: 1053-8119 ISO Abbreviation: Neuroimage Publication Date: 2000 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-10-11 Completed Date: 2000-10-11 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9215515 Medline TA: Neuroimage Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 196-208 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2000 Academic Press. |
Affiliation:
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The Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom. |
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Algorithms Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / statistics & numerical data* Magnetic Resonance Imaging / statistics & numerical data* Models, Statistical |
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