PMID- 28323821 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170823 LR - 20190208 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 3 DP - 2017 TI - Comparing resting state fMRI de-noising approaches using multi- and single-echo acquisitions. PG - e0173289 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0173289 [doi] LID - e0173289 AB - Artifact removal in resting state fMRI (rfMRI) data remains a serious challenge, with even subtle head motion undermining reliability and reproducibility. Here we compared some of the most popular single-echo de-noising methods-regression of Motion parameters, White matter and Cerebrospinal fluid signals (MWC method), FMRIB's ICA-based X-noiseifier (FIX) and ICA-based Automatic Removal Of Motion Artifacts (ICA-AROMA)-with a multi-echo approach (ME-ICA) that exploits the linear dependency of BOLD on the echo time. Data were acquired using a clinical scanner and included 30 young, healthy participants (minimal head motion) and 30 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder patients (greater head motion). De-noising effectiveness was assessed in terms of data quality after each cleanup procedure, ability to uncouple BOLD signal and motion and preservation of default mode network (DMN) functional connectivity. Most cleaning methods showed a positive impact on data quality. However, based on the investigated metrics, ME-ICA was the most robust. It minimized the impact of motion on FC even for high motion participants and preserved DMN functional connectivity structure. The high-quality results obtained using ME-ICA suggest that using a multi-echo EPI sequence, reliable rfMRI data can be obtained in a clinical setting. FAU - Dipasquale, Ottavia AU - Dipasquale O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2867-8222 AD - Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. AD - Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy. AD - Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom. FAU - Sethi, Arjun AU - Sethi A AD - Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom. FAU - Lagana, Maria Marcella AU - Lagana MM AD - Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy. FAU - Baglio, Francesca AU - Baglio F AD - Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy. FAU - Baselli, Giuseppe AU - Baselli G AD - Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. FAU - Kundu, Prantik AU - Kundu P AD - Section on Advanced Functional Neuroimaging, Brain Imaging Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America. FAU - Harrison, Neil A AU - Harrison NA AD - Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom. AD - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom. AD - Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom. FAU - Cercignani, Mara AU - Cercignani M AD - Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170321 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Artifacts MH - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology MH - Brain/*diagnostic imaging/physiology/physiopathology MH - Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology MH - Female MH - *Head Movements MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/*methods MH - Linear Models MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods MH - Male MH - Oxygen/blood MH - Rest PMC - PMC5360253 COIS- Competing Interests: Prof. Mara Cercignani is a past Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2017/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/24 06:00 PMCR- 2017/03/21 CRDT- 2017/03/22 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/02/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-16-26302 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0173289 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2017 Mar 21;12(3):e0173289. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173289. eCollection 2017.