Characterization of the effects of outliers on ComBat harmonization for removing inter-site data heterogeneity in multisite neuroimaging studies

Data harmonization is a key step widely used in multisite neuroimaging studies to remove inter-site heterogeneity of data distribution. However, data harmonization may even introduce additional inter-site differences in neuroimaging data if outliers are present in the data of one or more sites. It r...

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Main Authors: Qichao Han, Xiaoxiao Xiao, Sijia Wang, Wen Qin, Chunshui Yu, Meng Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1146175/full