内容简介
Functionalmagneticresonanceimaging(fMRI)hasbecomethemostpopularmethodforimagingbrainfunction.HandbookofFunctionalMRIDataAnalysisprovidesacomprehensiveandpracticalintroductiontothemethodsusedforfMRIdataanalysis.Usingminimaljargon,thisbookexplainstheconceptsbehindprocessingfMRIdata,focusingonthetechniquesthataremostcommonlyusedinthefield.ThisbookprovidesbackgroundaboutthemethodsemployedbycommondataanalysispackagesincludingFSL,SPMandAFNI.Someofthenewestcutting-edgetechniques,includingpatternclassificationanalysis,connectivitymodelingandrestingstatenetworkanalysis,arealsodiscussed.Readersofthisbook,whethernewcomerstothefieldorexperiencedresearchers,willobtainadeepandeffectiveknowledgeofhowtoemployfMRIanalysistoaskscientificquestionsandbecomemoresophisticatedusersoffMRIanalysissoftware.
作者简介
DrRussellA.PoldrackistheDirectoroftheImagingResearchCenterandProfessorofPsychologyandNeurobiologyattheUniversityofTexas,Austin.Hehaspublishedmorethan100articlesinthefieldofcognitiveneuroscience,injournalsincludingScience,Nature,Neuron,NatureNeuroscienceandPNAS.Heiswellknownforhiswritingsonhowneuroimagingcanbeusedtomakeinferencesaboutpsychologicalfunction,aswellasforhisresearchusingfMRIandotherimagingtechniquestounderstandthebrainsystemsthatsupportlearningandmemory,decisionmakingandexecutivefunction.DrJeanetteA.MumfordisaResearchAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofPsychologyattheUniversityofTexas,Austin.Trainedinbiostatistics,herresearchhasfocusedonthedevelopmentandcharacterisationofnewmethodsforstatisticalmodelingandanalysisoffMRIdata.Herworkhasexaminedtheimpactofdifferentgroupmodelingstrategiesanddevelopednewtoolsformodelingnetworkstructureinresting-statefMRIdata.SheisthedeveloperofthefmriPowersoftwarepackage,whichprovidespoweranalysistoolsforfMRIdata.DrThomasE.NicholsistheHeadofNeuroimagingStatisticsattheUniversityofWarwick,UnitedKingdom.Hehasbeenworkinginfunctionalneuroimagingsince1992,whenhejoinedtheUniversityofPittsburgh'sPETFacilityasprogrammerandstatistician.Heisknownforhisworkoninferenceinbrainimaging,usingbothparametricandnonparametricmethods,andheisanactivecontributortotheFSLandSPMsoftwarepackages.In2009hereceivedtheWileyYoungInvestigatorAwardfromtheOrganizationforHumanBrainMappinginrecognitionforhiscontributionstostatisticalmodelingandinferenceofneuroimagingdata.
