Variability in fMRI: A re‐examination of inter‐session differences

Smith SM., Beckmann CF., Ramnani N., Woolrich MW., Bannister PR., Jenkinson M., Matthews PM., McGonigle DJ.

AbstractWe revisit a previous study on inter‐session variability (McGonigle et al. [2000]: Neuroimage 11:708–734), showing that contrary to one popular interpretation of the original article, inter‐session variability is not necessarily high. We also highlight how evaluating variability based on thresholded single‐session images alone can be misleading. Finally, we show that the use of different first‐level preprocessing, time‐series statistics, and registration analysis methodologies can give significantly different inter‐session analysis results. Hum. Brain Mapping 24:248–257, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

DOI

10.1002/hbm.20080

Type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

2005-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

24

Pages

248 - 257

Total pages

9

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