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A SVM-based quantitative fMRI method for resting-state functional network detection
Authors:Xiaomu Song  Nan-kuei Chen
Institution:1. Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Widener University, Kirkbride Hall, Room 369, One University Place, Chester, PA 19013, USA;2. Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2737, Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Abstract:Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) aims to measure baseline neuronal connectivity independent of specific functional tasks and to capture changes in the connectivity due to neurological diseases. Most existing network detection methods rely on a fixed threshold to identify functionally connected voxels under the resting state. Due to fMRI non-stationarity, the threshold cannot adapt to variation of data characteristics across sessions and subjects, and generates unreliable mapping results. In this study, a new method is presented for resting-state fMRI data analysis. Specifically, the resting-state network mapping is formulated as an outlier detection process that is implemented using one-class support vector machine (SVM). The results are refined by using a spatial-feature domain prototype selection method and two-class SVM reclassification. The final decision on each voxel is made by comparing its probabilities of functionally connected and unconnected instead of a threshold. Multiple features for resting-state analysis were extracted and examined using an SVM-based feature selection method, and the most representative features were identified. The proposed method was evaluated using synthetic and experimental fMRI data. A comparison study was also performed with independent component analysis (ICA) and correlation analysis. The experimental results show that the proposed method can provide comparable or better network detection performance than ICA and correlation analysis. The method is potentially applicable to various resting-state quantitative fMRI studies.
Keywords:Functional network  Support vector machine  Resting state  Quantitative fMRI
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