Denoising spinal cord fMRI data:Approaches to acquisition and analysis

Eippert, Falk, Kong, Yazhuo, Jenkinson, Mark, Tracey, Irene and Brooks, Jonathan C.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-6209 (2017) Denoising spinal cord fMRI data:Approaches to acquisition and analysis. NeuroImage, 154. pp. 255-266. ISSN 1053-8119

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Abstract

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the human spinal cord is a difficult endeavour due to the cord's small cross-sectional diameter, signal drop-out as well as image distortion due to magnetic field inhomogeneity, and the confounding influence of physiological noise from cardiac and respiratory sources. Nevertheless, there is great interest in spinal fMRI due to the spinal cord's role as the principal sensorimotor interface between the brain and the body and its involvement in a variety of sensory and motor pathologies. In this review, we give an overview of the various methods that have been used to address the technical challenges in spinal fMRI, with a focus on reducing the impact of physiological noise. We start out by describing acquisition methods that have been tailored to the special needs of spinal fMRI and aim to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and reduce distortion in obtained images. Following this, we concentrate on image processing and analysis approaches that address the detrimental effects of noise. While these include variations of standard pre-processing methods such as motion correction and spatial filtering, the main focus lies on denoising techniques that can be applied to task-based as well as resting-state data sets. We review both model-based approaches that rely on externally acquired respiratory and cardiac signals as well as data-driven approaches that estimate and correct for noise using the data themselves. We conclude with an outlook on techniques that have been successfully applied for noise reduction in brain imaging and whose use might be beneficial for fMRI of the human spinal cord.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2016
Uncontrolled Keywords: neurology,cognitive neuroscience ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2800/2808
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
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Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2022 11:30
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2022 01:35
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/87783
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.09.065

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