Enhancing fMRI quality control

• Published in: Journal of neuroscience methods Vol. 415; p. 110337
• Main Authors: van den Berg, Lennard, Ramsey, Nick, Raemaekers, Mathijs
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2025
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Brain Mapping - standards; Databases, Factual; Female; FMRI; FMRI statistics; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - standards; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Middle Aged; Quality Control; Sample Size; Task fMRI; Template matching analysis; Young Adult; FMRI statistics; Task fMRI; Template matching analysis; FMRI

fMRI in clinical settings faces challenges affecting activity maps. Template matching can screen for abnormal results by providing an objective metric of activity map quality. This research tests how sample size, age, or gender-specific templates, and unilateral templates affect template matching re...