An Approach to Automatically Label and Order Brain Activity/Component Maps.

Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101550313 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2158-0022 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21580014 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Brain Connect Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: New Rochelle, NY : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Brain*/diagnostic imaging ; Brain Mapping*; Artifacts ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Neuroimaging

Background: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a brain imaging technique that provides detailed insights into brain function and its disruption in various brain disorders. The data-driven analysis of fMRI brain activity maps involves several postprocessing steps, the first of which is identifying whether the estimated brain network maps capture signals of interest, for example, intrinsic connectivity networks (ICNs), or artifacts. This is followed by linking the ICNs to standardized anatomical and functional parcellations. Optionally, as in the study of functional network connectivity (FNC), rearranging the connectivity graph is also necessary to facilitate interpretation. Methods: Here we develop a novel and efficient method (Autolabeler) for implementing and integrating all of these processes in a fully automated manner. The Autolabeler method is pretrained on a cross-validated elastic-net regularized general linear model from the noisecloud toolbox to separate neuroscientifically meaningful ICNs from artifacts. It is capable of automatically labeling activity maps with labels from several well-known anatomical and functional parcellations. Subsequently, this method also maximizes the modularity within functional domains to generate a more systematically structured FNC matrix for post hoc network analyses. Results: Results show that our pretrained model achieves 86% accuracy at classifying ICNs from artifacts in an independent validation data set. The automatic anatomical and functional labels also have a high degree of similarity with manual labels selected by human raters. Discussion: At a time of ever-increasing rates of generating brain imaging data and analyzing brain activity, the proposed Autolabeler method is intended to automate such analyses for faster and more reproducible research. Impact statement Our proposed method is capable of implementing and integrating some of the crucial tasks in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. It is the first to incorporate such tasks without the need for expert intervention. We develop an open-source toolbox for the proposed method that can function as stand-alone software and additionally provides seamless integration with the widely used group independent component analysis for fMRI toolbox (GIFT). This integration can aid investigators to conduct fMRI studies in an end-to-end automated manner.

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Keywords: anatomical atlas; brain imaging; fMRI; functional network connectivity; functional parcellation

Date Created: 20210527 Date Completed: 20220503 Latest Revision: 20230202

20240105

PMC8867103

10.1089/brain.2020.0950

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