Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI

In recent years, interest has been growing in dynamic characteristic of brain signals from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Synchrony and metastability, as neurodynamic indexes, are considered as one of methods for analyzing dynamic characteristics. Although much resear...

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Main Authors: Lan Yang, Jing Wei, Ying Li, Bin Wang, Hao Guo, Yanli Yang, Jie Xiang
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
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author Lan Yang
Jing Wei
Ying Li
Bin Wang
Hao Guo
Yanli Yang
Jie Xiang
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Jing Wei
Ying Li
Bin Wang
Hao Guo
Yanli Yang
Jie Xiang
author_sort Lan Yang
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description In recent years, interest has been growing in dynamic characteristic of brain signals from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Synchrony and metastability, as neurodynamic indexes, are considered as one of methods for analyzing dynamic characteristics. Although much research has studied the analysis of neurodynamic indices, few have investigated its reliability. In this paper, the datasets from the Human Connectome Project have been used to explore the test–retest reliabilities of synchrony and metastability from multiple angles through intra-class correlation (ICC). The results showed that both of these indexes had fair test–retest reliability, but they are strongly affected by the field strength, the spatial resolution, and scanning interval, less affected by the temporal resolution. Denoising processing can help improve their ICC values. In addition, the reliability of neurodynamic indexes was affected by the node definition strategy, but these effects were not apparent. In particular, by comparing the test–retest reliability of different resting-state networks, we found that synchrony of different networks was basically stable, but the metastability varied considerably. Among these, DMN and LIM had a relatively higher test–retest reliability of metastability than other networks. This paper provides a methodological reference for exploring the brain dynamic neural activity by using synchrony and metastability in fMRI signals.
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spelling doaj.art-22d81f61f2a448b5a69e4c3ffd4e4aaf2023-11-23T13:09:39ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-12-011216610.3390/brainsci12010066Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRILan Yang0Jing Wei1Ying Li2Bin Wang3Hao Guo4Yanli Yang5Jie Xiang6College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaIn recent years, interest has been growing in dynamic characteristic of brain signals from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Synchrony and metastability, as neurodynamic indexes, are considered as one of methods for analyzing dynamic characteristics. Although much research has studied the analysis of neurodynamic indices, few have investigated its reliability. In this paper, the datasets from the Human Connectome Project have been used to explore the test–retest reliabilities of synchrony and metastability from multiple angles through intra-class correlation (ICC). The results showed that both of these indexes had fair test–retest reliability, but they are strongly affected by the field strength, the spatial resolution, and scanning interval, less affected by the temporal resolution. Denoising processing can help improve their ICC values. In addition, the reliability of neurodynamic indexes was affected by the node definition strategy, but these effects were not apparent. In particular, by comparing the test–retest reliability of different resting-state networks, we found that synchrony of different networks was basically stable, but the metastability varied considerably. Among these, DMN and LIM had a relatively higher test–retest reliability of metastability than other networks. This paper provides a methodological reference for exploring the brain dynamic neural activity by using synchrony and metastability in fMRI signals.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/66synchronymetastabilitytest–retest reliabilityresting-state networkresting state fMRI
spellingShingle Lan Yang
Jing Wei
Ying Li
Bin Wang
Hao Guo
Yanli Yang
Jie Xiang
Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
Brain Sciences
synchrony
metastability
test–retest reliability
resting-state network
resting state fMRI
title Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
title_full Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
title_fullStr Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
title_full_unstemmed Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
title_short Test–Retest Reliability of Synchrony and Metastability in Resting State fMRI
title_sort test retest reliability of synchrony and metastability in resting state fmri
topic synchrony
metastability
test–retest reliability
resting-state network
resting state fMRI
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/66
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