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SENSOR LEVEL ANALYSIS AND SOURCE LOCALISATION in M/EEG
METHODS FOR DUMMIES2013-2014
Mrudul Bhatt & Wenjun Bai
M/EEG SO FAR
Source of Signal Dipoles Preprocessing and Experimental design
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Statistical Analysis
Source Reconstruction
Statistical Analysis
1. Sensor level analysis in SPM
2. Scalp vs. Time Images
3. Time-frequency analysis
Data is time varying modulation of EEG/MEG signal amplitude (or frequency specific power) at each electrode or sensor.
Interested in statistical significance of condition specific effects (observed at some peri-stimulus time or at a particular sensor) at sensors
Need to control FWER - the probability of making a false positive over the whole search space - AKA multiple comparisons problem
FWER scales with number of observations
Bonferroni too conservative due to assumption of independence between neighbouring samples
Can circumvent issue if space/time of interest is specified a priori
Average data over pre-specified sensors or time bins of interest - produces one summary statistic per subject per condition
If this is not possible can use topological inference
Topological inference
• Based on RFT
• RFT provides a way of adjusting p-values for the fact that neighbouring sensors are not independent due to continuity in the original data
• Provided data is smooth, RFT correction is more sensitive than a bonferroni correction
• This is the method used in SPM
Steps in SPM Data transformed to image files (NifTI)
Procedurally identical to 1st level analysis in PET or 2nd level in fMRI after this
Analysis assumes one summary statistic image per subject per condition
Creating Summary Statistics: Conversion to images
• Data converted to an image by generating a scalp map for each time frame and stacking over peristimulus time
• Scalp maps are generated from using the 2D sensor layout (specified in data set) and linear interpolation between sensors (64 pixels each spatial direction suggested)
• 3D image files (space x space x time)
• If time-window of interest is known in advance we can average over this are and create a 2D spatial image
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Time-Frequency Data• In principle can apply topological inference for n dimensions
• In SPM 8 its limited to 3 dimensions
• If data has time-frequency components it must be reduced from 4D (space x space x time x frequency) to 3/2D
• Reduce data by averaging over frequency (3D) or spatial channels (2D time-frequency image)
• When averaging over frequency, bandwidth must be specified and a new data set is produced and is exported in the same way images in the time domain are
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Smoothing
Smoothing: prior to 2nd level/group analysis -multi dimensional convolution with Gaussian kernel.
Important to accommodate spatial/temporal variability over subjects and ensure images conform to assumptions.
Multi-dimensional convolution with Gaussian kernel
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EEG analysis stepsEpoching D/A conversion Digital filtering Baseline correction Artifact reduction Single trial averaging Re-referencing Grand averaging Plotting, spline and CSD maps Quantification Statistical evaluation
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EEG/MEG source localization
•The purpose of source localization •The hurdle prevent us to accurately localize the source : Inverse Problem
A little recap:The advantage of EEG compare to fMRI:Superior Temporal resolution, with the cost of inferior spatial resolution
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Why it is so challenging?
Smearing and distortion
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Inverse Problem
Data Y Current density J
Forward problem (well-posed)
Inverse problem (ill-posed)
Analogy to understand the inverse problem
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How We Deal with Inverse Problem1.Setting up Assumptions(Constraints)2.Two Basic Approaches A. Discrete Source Analysis B. Distributed Source Analysis
Anatomicalconstraints
Functionalconstraints
Final Product: Reconstructed Source
EEG/MEGData
ill-posed inverse problem
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ConstraintsAssumptions about the nature of the sources
Three Types of Constraints:
1. Mathematic Constraints( e.g., minimum norm, maximumsmoothness, optimal resolution, temporal independence)
2. Anatomical Constraints (e.g., Normally use the subject’s MRI scan, if not, it is possible to use standardized MRI brain atlas (e.g., MNI) can be be warped to optimally fit the subject's anatomy based on the subject's digitized head shape.)
3. Functional Constraints (e.g.,
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Discrete vs. Distributed Source Model
Discrete source analysis Distributed source analysis
Current dipole represents an extended brain area
Each current dipole represents one small brain segment
Number of sources < number of sensors Number of sources > number of sensors
The leadfieldmatrix has more rows (number of sensors) than colums (number of sources)
The leadfieldmatrix has more colums than rows
Result:Source model and source waveforms
Result: 3D Volume imagefor each time point
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Algorithms associated with each analysisDiscrete source analysis Distributed source analysis
1.Parametric Dipole source fitting:(a)Uncorrelated noise model(b)Correlated noise model(c)Global minimization
1.Spatial scanning and beamforming:independently scan for dipoles within a grid
containing candidate locations (i.e., source points)
All (a)(b)(c) algorithms converges to a local minima in the multidimensional space of parameters, the optimal parameters (each corresponding to a dimension) are found. The algorithms estimates five nonlinear parameters per dipole: the x, y, and z dipole position values, and the two angles necessary to define dipole orientations in 3D space.
2. Distributed MAP- based estimation assume dipoles at all possible candidate locations of
interest within a grid and/or mesh called the sourcespace (e.g., source-points in grey matter) and then solve the underdetermined linear system of equations
Take Home Message 1: No cure-it-all Approach
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SPM Pipeline for source localization
One kind reminder: Source Localization(source reconstruction) is a computationally intense procedure. If you get “out of Memory” error message, try more powerful computer
Step 1: Mesh
MRI
template
MRI – individual
head meshes (boundaries of different head
compartments) based
on the subject’s
structural scan
Template – SPM’s
template head
model based on
the MNI brain
Step 2: Coregister
Co-register
Step 3: Forward Model
Step 4: Invert (The most crucial)
WHAT DO WE GET
Comparison between fMRI and MEG on Temporal Resolution
Take Home Message 2: Source Localization is not perfect, being cautious in drawing any inferences
related to location and strengthen of the source
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REFERENCESREFERENCES
Tolga Esat Ozkurt-High Temporal Resolution brain Imaging with EEG/MEG Lecture 10: Statistics for M/EEG data
James Kilner and Karl Friston. 2010.Topological Inference for EEG and MEG. Annals of Applied Statistics Vol 4:3 pp 1272-1290
Vladimir Litvak et al. 2011. EEG and MEG data analysis in SPM 8. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience Vol 2011
MFD 2012/13