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{{Short description|Statistical technique}}

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Functional neuroimaging studies usually involve multiple participants, each of whom have differently shaped brains. All are likely to have the same gross anatomy, saving minor differences in overall brain size, individual variation in topography of the [[gyri]] and [[Sulcus (neuroanatomy)|sulci]] of the [[cerebral cortex]], and morphological differences in deep structures such as the [[corpus callosum]]. To aid comparisons, the 3D image of each brain is transformed so that superficial structures line up, via ''[[spatial normalization]]''. Such normalization typically involves translation, rotation and scaling and nonlinear warping of the brain surface to match a standard template. Standard brain maps such as the [[Talairach coordinates|Talairach-Tournoux]] or templates from the [[Montréal Neurological Institute]] (MNI) allow researchers from across the world to compare their results.

Images can be smoothed to make the data less noisy (similar to the 'blur' effect used in some image-editing software) by which voxels are averaged with their neighbours, typically using a [[Gaussian]] filter]] or by [[wavelet]] transformation.

===Statistical comparison===

[[Parametric statistics|Parametric statistical]] models are assumed at each voxel, using the [[general linear model]] to describe the data variability in terms of experimental and confounding effects, with residual variability. Hypotheses expressed in terms of the model parameters are assessed at each voxel with [[Univariate (statistics)|univariate statistics]].

Analyses may examine differences over [[time series|time]] (i.e. correlations between a task variable and brain activity in a certain area) using linear [[convolution]] models of how the measured signal is caused by underlying changes in neural activity.

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* [[Analysis of Functional NeuroImages|AFNI]]

* [[FreeSurfer]]

* [[Computational anatomy toolbox]]

* [[FMRIB Software Library|FSL]]

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* [http://www.mccauslandcenter.sc.edu/CRNL/ fMRI guide by Chris Rorden]

* [http://cogprints.org/6193/ Introduction to fMRI: experimental design and data analysis]

* [http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/ Cambridge Imagers] - Neuroimaging information and tutorials.

* [http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~mgray/Presentations/Buttons%20in%20SPM5.ppt Buttons in SPM5] PowerPoint presentation from the SPM for dummies course

* [http://spect.yale.edu ISAS (Ictal-Interictal SPECT Analysis by SPM)] - Yale University

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[[Category:Biostatistics]]

[[Category:Computing in medical imaging]]

[[Category:Neuroimaging]]

[[Category:Neuroimaging software]]