PMID- 31310824 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201019 LR - 20201019 IS - 1872-678X (Electronic) IS - 0165-0270 (Linking) VI - 326 DP - 2019 Oct 1 TI - An ICA based approach for steady-state and transient analysis of task fMRI data: Application to study of thermal pain response. PG - 108356 LID - S0165-0270(19)30213-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108356 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Data driven analysis methods such as independent component analysis (ICA) offer the advantage of estimating subject contributions when used in a second-level analysis. With the traditionally used regression-based methods this is achieved with a design matrix that has to be specified a priori. NEW METHOD: We show that the ability of ICA to estimate subject contributions can be effectively used to perform steady-state as well as transient analysis of task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, which can help reveal important group differences. RESULTS: We apply the method to steady-state and transient analysis of block designed thermal pain stimulated fMRI data, and identify distinct sex differences, in parts of the pain matrix: brain stem, thalamus, amygdala, frontal pole (FP), temporal pole (TP), operculum (second somatosensory cortex, SII), anterior insular (AI), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), and default mode network (DMN). We also show that the identified regions have significant correlation with weekly exercise and anxiety. Using transient analysis, we identify regions (SII, AI, dACC, DMN) specific to female group showing difference mainly in the initial stages of the experiments. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD: With exact same spatial components input in the second level, permutation analysis of linear models cannot identify any significant group difference. In addition, the proposed transient analysis cannot be realized if user is required to input a design matrix as is the case with regression-based analyses. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed two-level ICA is an effective multi-variate analysis method for both steady-state and transient analysis of task data. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Song, Xiaowei AU - Song X AD - Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, United States. FAU - Bhinge, Suchita AU - Bhinge S AD - Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, United States. FAU - Quiton, Raimi L AU - Quiton RL AD - Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, United States. FAU - Adali, Tulay AU - Adali T AD - Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20190713 PL - Netherlands TA - J Neurosci Methods JT - Journal of neuroscience methods JID - 7905558 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Brain Mapping/*methods MH - Cerebral Cortex/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/*methods MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods MH - Male MH - Models, Theoretical MH - Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology MH - Pain/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology MH - Principal Component Analysis MH - Sex Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - FMRI OT - ICA OT - Thermal pain OT - Transient analysis EDAT- 2019/07/17 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/21 06:00 CRDT- 2019/07/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/07/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0165-0270(19)30213-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108356 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci Methods. 2019 Oct 1;326:108356. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108356. Epub 2019 Jul 13.