Using topological data analysis to compare inter-subject variability across resting state functional MRI brain representations.

ABSTRACT: In neuroimaging, extensive post-processing of resting-state functional MRI (rfMRI) data is necessary for its application and investigation in relation to brain-behavior associations. Such post-processing is used to derive brain representations, lower dimensional feature sets used for brain-behavior association studies. A brain representation involves a choice of dimension reduction (a parcellation into regions or networks) and a choice of feature type, such as spatial topography, connectivity matrix, amplitude. However, widespread variability in rfMRI brain representations has hindered both reproducibility and knowledge accumulation across the field. Brain representation choice effects measurements of inter-subject variability, which muddies the comparison and integration of findings. We l

SUBMITTER: Easley T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12440082 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature