Analyzing Consistency of Independent Components: An fMRI Illustration

Reference:

Jarkko Ylipaavalniemi and Ricardo Vigário. Analyzing consistency of independent components: An fMRI illustration. NeuroImage, 39(1):169–180, January 2008.

Abstract:

Independent component analysis (ICA) is a powerful data-driven signal processing technique. It has proved to be helpful in, e.g., biomedicine, telecommunication, finance, and machine vision. Yet, some problems persist in its wider use. One concern is the reliability of solutions found with ICA algorithms, resulting from the stochastic changes each time the analysis is performed. The consistency of the solutions can be analyzed by clustering solutions from multiple runs of bootstrapped ICA. Related methods have been recently published either for analyzing algorithmic stability or reducing the variability. The presented approach targets the extraction of additional information related to the independent components, by focusing on the nature of the variability. Practical implications are illustrated through a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment.

Keywords:

independent component analysis, functional magnetic resonance imaging

Suggested BibTeX entry:

@article{JYlipaavalniemi-2008-NIMG,
    author = {Jarkko Ylipaavalniemi and Ricardo Vig\'{a}rio},
    journal = {NeuroImage},
    month = {January},
    number = {1},
    pages = {169--180},
    title = {Analyzing Consistency of Independent Components: An f{MRI} Illustration},
    volume = {39},
    year = {2008},
}