Abstract
The brain at rest consists of spatially distributed but functionally connected regions, called intrinsic connectivity networks (ICNs). Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has emerged as a way to characterize brain networks without confounds associated with task fMRI such as task difficulty and performance. Here we applied a Support Vector Machine (SVM) linear classifier as well as a support vector machine regressor (SVR) method to rs-fMRI data in order to compare age related differences in four of the major functional brain networks: the default, cingulo-opercular, fronto-parietal and sensorimotor. A linear SVM classifier discriminated between young and old subjects with 84% accuracy (p-value < 1 × 10-7). A linear SVR age predictor performed reasonably well in continuous age prediction (R2 = 0.419, p-value < 1 × 10-8). These findings reveal that differences in intrinsic connectivity as measured with rs-fMRI exist between subjects, and that SVM methods are capable of detecting and utilizing these differences for classification and prediction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience |
Issue number | APR 2013 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Keywords
- Aging
- Reorganization
- Resting state fMRI
- Support vector machine